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810  Fane  (Mildmay,  Earl  of  Westmoreland)  Otl^  Sacra,  Optima 
Fides  Fidei,  engraved  title  or  frontispiece  by  MarsliaU 
VERY  RARE,  CHOICE  COPY,  purpk  morocco,  gilt  edges 

Eichard  Cotes,  lb48 


* 


The  present  is  a  remarkable  and  almost  unique  copy  of  this 
collection  of  Poems,  printed  by  the  noble  Author  for  presents 
among  his  friends.  Between  pages  34  and  3o  are  fz^^ 
additional  leaves,  and  after  p^age  70  a  folding  table,  which 
are  not  hiown  to  exist  in  any  other  copy  but  that  m  the 
library  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bliss,  of  St.Mary's  Hall, Oxford— see 
manuscript  note  by  Mr.  Gardner  at  the  end. 


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London    TriniecL  Iry    'KScharei  Co^S  .  J  ^48 


^*-^^*  CtlHmnaFideu 

OU  R  Senfes  arc  bcwitch'd ,  and  feem  to  grow 
So  to  the  Creature,  and  on  things  below, 
That  all  our  bufied  Fancy  can  devife. 
Serves  more  to  fink  thcm^than  to  maJke  them  rife: 
For  out  of  fight  and  minde,  at  once  agree 
To  blind-fold  Nature  from  Eternitie; 
And  leave  hergroveling,  for  to  groap  her  way 
Here  in  This  Tranfitory  bed  of  Clay , 
Till  Faith  fleps  in ;  and  in  the  ftead  of  wings, 
UntoBeleefj  a  lofty  Pillar  brings. 
Whereby  we  ihould  be  raifed  up  •,  And  thus 
Afcend  to  Him,  defcended  once  for  Us. 


^APAI  ArNft2TH2. 


On  the  Title  Fagi. 

npHere  is  a  Fowle  wont  hide  its  head , 
^  To  PafTe  fo  undifcovered  ; 
Judging  it  felf  exempt  from  eyes 
Qf  oth^ers,  whilft  it  none  defcryes. 
Not  much  unlike  are  fuch  to  thefe. 
Who  commit  Clofet-trefpafTes 
And  Chamber-dalliance  •,  and  then 
Goe  for  unfeen,  'caiife  fo  of  Men. 
if  They  my  Pillars  top  attein, 
They'l  finde  an  eye  tryes  heart  and  rein: 
But  Natures  Pur-blindc  fi^ht  fhort  is-. 
Nor  can  Ihe  rife  alone  to  this. 
Till  Grace  aflift ,  which  will  fuch  vertue  yield. 
As  both  t'afccnd  the  Pillar,  gain  this  Shield. 

A  a 


oTiA  sacra: 


Ad  Li  helium  [num. 

lOE  without  Dedication,  for  that  might 
Imply  I  fought  to  Shelter  what  I  write 
Under  fome  Patronage :  I  can  afford 

^-^v^w  ^    None  Sharers  in  this  Offering  with  my  Lord; 

His  are  both  Line  and  Leifure,  which  mif-fpent. 

The  fault  lyes  on  th'  unhappy  Inftrument 

Thar  fhould  improve  both  better :   But  'tis  done. 

And  Thy  fhtc  is  decrec'd,  thy  woof  is  fpun ; 

Cenfure  mufl  palfe :  Yet  Blufh  not  fincc  thy  Strings 

Arc  onely  confonant  with  holy  things. 


Ad  Viatorcitt. 

'hJUmtna,  non  Nummos^  Me  dum  cemu  Mtiitmtemy 
Et  Me-diUntemcrede  (Fiator)  hates. 


(3) 


In  Zfnitatc  Trinitas. 

'Hat  Number  'bovc  the  reft. 
For  ever  Bleft, 
Which  God  Himfelf  doth  daiga 
To  Branch  into,  yet  Rc-unites  again. 
For  as  His  Prcfcicnce  could  tcil 

When  Angels  fell 
That  Man  would  follow,  and  there  fhould  be  One 

Sent  for  to  make  Redemption : 
So  from  our  Mifery  did  He  Infer 
Th'neceflity  of  a  Comforter.    ^ 
This  doth  infpire.  That  did  Create, 
The  fecond  did  Rc^cifcrate  : 

Thus  though'Diftina,  They  arc 
Yet  Angular , 
And  One  wife-ever  Power  it  is  doth  Tic 
This  Triple  Knot  into  a  Unitic. 


A    3  Xir/Uf. 


("jEx  Maxima  Parte 
1     nendum  F0cati. 


Mur/di< 


FmicifesVerbiet 
Sacramentorum^i 
qui  fucre  vocati\ 
fednondilelecii. 


>Jd 


Eleciiy  ideoquevo- 
cdti, 


San(5lilicationcm. 
^ui  propter  externam 
vocMioncm  Domini  fer 
Verbum,  interm  ^  ejfe- 
^fualiter  vocantur  per 
Sfiritum  Sanctum. 

Juftificationem. 
Grex  farvulus  Chrifti  ^ 
Lnk.  12.  7t. 

1       Glorificationem. 
\  Tenia  pars  Domini ^  Za- 
\    char.i-^.g. 


Let  mc  not  tread  the  Broad  highway  to  Sin^ 
But  being  Eled  declare  my  Call  therein. 


Scminantur 


a  Deo 


Diabolo 


VeritAi 

Tax  \ 

Amicitia.     j 

Ut  Alterutri 
frodejiemus 


Inter  Homines 


Mendacium 

Difcord/a 

Inimicitin. 

Ut  Alter utnim 
devoremus. 


(5) 

A  Morning  Thought. 

Sithcncc  it  is  given  P/J/.104.23. 

To  Man,  to  follow's  Labor  till  the  Evenj 

And  when  that  Star  doth  clofc 
Up  Day,  then  to  feek  quiet  and  repofe. 
Let  Us  what's  of  our  Own 
Learn  to  make  known. 
To  be 
But  fe  much  Cafhof  purchased  Mifery  5 

AllelfeConfcfs 
(Of  Love  and  Providence)  true  happincfs. 

For  as  our  Souls  had  been 
A  Combating  all  Day  with  Flefh  and  Sin , 

And  then  for  Captives  led 
In  Slumbers  Fetters  ^  Prifon'd  in  a  Bed^ 
So  by  the  Nights  Exchange  again  to  Day 
They  may 

(Set  free)  take  up  their  Armes, 
And  having  overcome  thofe  Charmes , 
Boldly  Conclude  the  Viftory  to  keep 
When  as  they  Warr  for  Him  kept  them  aileep. 

No  other  Ranfom  Need 
To  Speed 
This  Liberty ;   but  once  awake. 
Into  our  thoughts  to  take. 
What  fuch  Confinement  might 
Adminifter  of  Danger  in  One  night, 

And  how  th'all-wakefull  eye 
Provided  had  for  our  Delivery  •, 
Which  on  the  wings  of  Contemplation  rais'd 
Againj  w'arc  Mounted,  whdft  His  name  is  prais'd» 


CO 

?[dlm  I  $.  Cali  enarrdftt  Gloriam  Dei. 

A  Re  we  aflcep-f  or  doe  wc  fee 
*  The  Soft  ef         ^^No  morc  than  did  blind  "^  Bartime  i 
Blmdrteff  in  Or  arc  our  Senfcs  Charmed  to  lie 

the  Syriac.  Bcnumm'd  into  fomc  Lethargic, 

Whilft  Sin  inakes  of 's  a  Conqueft  ^    Rife 
Fleflvburycd  Soul,  and  from  the  Skies 
Let  thy  wing'd  thoughts  to  thee  relate 
Who  'twas  thofe  ftrudurcs  did  Create, 
Where  in  Thy  Hemifphere  at  large  is  pen'd. 
More  wonder  then  frail  Clay  can  comprehend. 

Whether  a  Sun,  a  Moon,  aStar^    • 
A  Comet  or  a  Meteor, 
A  Various  Bow,  true  lign  of  Peace. 
Swoln  Clouds,  which  caufc  on  earth  Increafc 
When-breaking  they  Diftill  5  the  Glum 
And  horrid  beat  of  Thunders  Drum 
We  hear  or  fee:  Why  are  thefe  fent  f 
But  t'flicw  He  is  Omnipotent, 

Who  thus  in  Characters  doth  write,  whereby 

We  have  a  Lecfture  in  Divinity. 

For  as  thofe  great  and  IclTer  Lights 
Diftinguifli  time  by  Dayes  and  Nights  5 
So  was  it  Day  with  us  untell 
Our  Difobedient  Parents  fell.  -^ 

Yet  as  t  he  Tincell'd  Night  gives  way 
At  th'opening  o'th'  true  Golden  Day  -, 
So  did  the  powers  of  Darknefs  fly, 
The  Sun  of  Right eoufnefs  being  by  ; 
And  when  we  Comet-ftruck,  int'  Sinhacf  run. 
The  Father  did  redeem  us  by  the  Son.  When 


<i7:> 

When  th'Undcrtaker  firft  did  dain 
For  to  rcftorc  His  world  again. 
He  us'd  no  other  lock  or  flucc 
T-th'  Clouds,  but  fcnt  a  Bow  of  truce. 
What  did  His  Mercv  lefs,  when  wc 
Who  arc  the  V/orlds  Epitome , 
Ddug'd  in  Sin,  lay  Brcathlefs,  Drown'd, 
Untill  Our  Saviours  Pretious  Wound 

,  Open'd  a  Drayn,  wherewith  he  laid  us  dry. 

From  wickednefs  into  fertility  f 

The  Aire  imprifon'd,  fain  would  try 
.  The  virtue  of  more  Liberty  : 

Yet  meeting  with  a  tougher  Cloud 

Is  forc'd  to  quarrell,  and  fpeak  loud. 

So  if  we  fcek  our  freedom  heer. 

We  muft  no  Cloud  of  Fortune  fear : 

Bur  like  Bonargcfcs,  proclamc 

Whatweprofefs,  then  be  the  fame.  ■ 
For  whilft  the  Face  looks  one  way,  and  the  Mind 
Another,  'tis  like  Rain  brought  igainft  the  Wind/i 

There  lliall  no  Thunder-crvick,  nor  dafli  of  v/et. 
Prodigious  Comer,  in  us  fear  beget  •, 
But  the  Suns  Purple,  and  the  Silver  wings 
The  Moon  puts  on,  befpeaks  us  Saints  and  Kings , 
Whilft  Ins  Endlefs  Peace,  the  numerous  Lights 
Adorn  the  Night,  difcypher  all  delights  : 
Which  for  to  feek  to  compafs  and  obtain, 
He  that  ^juits  life  and  all  here,makcs  great  Gain. 

B  Mj 


}Ay  Conntrey  Anditn 

BLeftPrivacic,  Happy  Retreat,  wherein 
I  may  caft  upmy  Rcck'nings ,  Audit  Sin, 
Count  or  my  Debts.,  and  how  Arrears  increafc 
In  Natures  book,  towards  the  God  of  Peace : 
What  through penfcrfnefs  hath  been  wav'd^or  don 
To  My  firft  Covenants  contradiiftion : 
How  many  promised  Refolutions  broke 
Of  keeping  touch  ("almoft  as  foon  as  fpoke.) 
Thus  like  that  Tenant  who  behind- hand  caft, 
Intrcats  fo  oft  forbearance,  till  at  laft 
The  fum  furmounts  his  hopes ,  and  then  no  more 
Expedts,  but  Mercy  to  Itrike  off  the  fcore. 
So  here,  methinks,  I  fee  the  Landlords  Grace 
Full  of  Compaflion  to  my  drooping  Cafe , 
Bidding  me  be  of  comfort,  and  not  griev'd. 
My  Rent  his  Son  Ihould  pay  if  I  bcliev  d. 

Cui  in  calamitatibm  foil  fit  jidendnm. 

WHen  firft  the  Towring  Hills,  the  loftier  Pine^ 
Exchanged  to  ride  upon  the  fwelling  brine : 
JV^^r/^/;<?prepar'd,  and  with  more  Adive  skUl 
Grew  fometimes  in  the  Vale,  fomctimcs  on  th'Hill : 
Whillt  Floating  in  a compiea:  :ackle  dicft, 
Jnv.Sauio.  She's  taught  to^Sayl  from  CaMs  to  the  Eaft  ; 

Where  Ganges  runs ,  and  from  thole  coafts  being  come. 

To  fteer  a  courfe  back  to  lllynum  : 

Then  was  that  coward  Fear  banifti'd  the  Mind 

And  Heart  of  Man,  ambitious  ftill  to  find 

More 


More  worlds  and  works  of  wonder,  wherein  He 

Might  trace  the  Greatnefs  of  the  Deitie. 

Then  as  if  fortify'd  with  fte'el  and  brafs,  H.^-.  Od,  j. 

Ventured  his  Bottom  on  this  field  of  glaS^ 

So  brickie  and  unconftant,  as  contrives 

A  nearnefs  unto  Death,  yet  with  rcprive. 
A  (mall  Gale  over-fils  the  fayls^  a  leak 
Is  fprung,  in  fhorter  time  than  lean  fpeak. 
Then  being  o'r-fet  above,  o'r-charg  d  beneath, 
What  can  expefted  be  but  prefent  Death  < 

Urilcfs  we  feck  to  Him,  at  whofe  command 

Becalm'd  into  Obedience,  Tempefts  ftand,  . 

Rifing  when  He  fo  pleafes,  and  are  gon 

When  He  Planes  o'r  their  rugged  Motion  : 
Whofe  Power  at  life's  expreft,  when  weight  afccnds. 
And  almoft  to  the  Cryftall  Skie  extends  :  V^dm  107, 

And  then  again,  when  Nature  on't  doth  enter. 
It  is  permitted  for  to  waili  the  Center. 

Then  are  fuch  troubled  as  on  it  doe  ride, 

Rowling  and  Tottering  from  fide  to  fide. 

Being  drunk  through  fear  and  forrpw-,  nor  can  tell 

How  many  Sands  (hall  knowl  their  Palfing-bell. 
Thus  in  a  Trance  difmay*d,  and  quite  bereft 
Of  fenfe,  fave  of  a  1  ittle  fpark  that's  left 
To  kindle  hopes,  They  to  their  Maker  Cr)*^ 
Who  ftraight  rcleafcs  them  from  Mifery  ^  \ 

Sending  a  Calm  5  whereat  the  Liquid  pllin 

Becomes  to  them  a  Looking-glafs  again  V  *' 

So  They  in  mind  reftor'cl,  have  quicK  aciiefs 

Unto  the  Haven  of  their  Happinefs, 


B  1  H'j 


iiy  Carroll. 

.Rife,  arife 

Dull  Fancy  from  the  bed  of  Earthy 
And  that  low  ftrain 
Bcfots  thy  vain  •, 
That  fo  thou  mayft  dcvifc 
Some  Record  of  that  famous  Birth, 
Which  about  This  time,  as  our  Date  will  have , 
One  Son  for  All  the  reft  tlic  Father  gave» 

Leave  to  the  Bee 

To  fet  a  Valuation 

On  this,  or  that 
Fair  Garden- plat. 
There  t'Browfe  fome  Flower  or  Tree : 
And  to  fome  Forraign  Nation^ 
To  crown  their  Annals  with  the  Pelican, 
Or  fer-fetcht  Cordrall,  Mirabolan. 

Here's  Comfort  more  • 
A  gift  that's  far  beyond  all  worth. 
The  Curious  mind 
Could  ever  find 
In  what  a  Plant  c'r  bore. 
Or  Barren  wildernefs  brought  forth  : 
Swcetnefs  excels  the  Bee's- Bagg,  and  fuch  Goodt 
As  proved  our  Strong  Rcftorativc  by's  Blood» 


r# 


^o  overcome  by  Contraries. 

IN  humane  things  'tis  held  a  Maxime  wife, 
*To  feck  to  Overcome  by  Contraries  : 
And  in  Diviner,  if  we  will  exprefs 
Obedience  to  God,  it  holds  no  lefs  5 
For  t'conquer  Pride  whereby  we  fell,  no  Art 
Is  comparable  to  a  Contrite-Heart. 


I 


Tlo  Impro'ue  Affli^ioHs*    ^ 

F  David  ioxmd  it  good  He*d  been  in  Trouble, 
What  would  it  teach  Me  am  a  finfull  Bubble  j 
But  that  th'  Afflidions  we  meet  with  hecr. 
Arc  fcnt  to  Steer  Us  to  our  God  more  neer^ 

Who  thus  improves  his  thoughts  on  things  goc  crofs. 
Without  a  Riddle,  makes  Great  gains  of  Lofs. 

Ihey  that  fow  in  Tears^Jhall  reap  in  Joy. 

A  S  in  the  Countrey- Parable  it's  found, 
^^'God's  meant  by  Husbandman,  and  Man  by  ground, 
His  Word  the  pretious  Seed,  that  doth  excell 
All  other  grain  ^  Oar  hearts  the  Arable  : 
So  Avould'c  inform  We  fliould  our  foil  prepare  , 
To  recompencc  fo  Great  a  Seedfmans  care  •, 
And  neither  prickt  with  Pride,  ftupid  like  Stones, 
Laid  Common  to  all  wicked  Motions  : 
Be  unprovided  t'fave,  much  lefs  t'aflPord 
Increafc  agalnil  the  Harveft  of  the  Lord : 

B  3  Whcrc^ 


Wherefore  as  Earth  'thout  Culture  fithcnce  mans  fall 

Is  of  fruits  barren,  Thiftles  Prodigall :  . 

So  doe  the  difpofitions  and  dcfires 

Nature  brings  fortli,  abound  with  Thorns  and  Briers ; 

Which  to  correft,  the  Mafters  ftrid  Command 

Is  to  break  up  again  the  Fallow-land. 

And  by  Contritions  Coulter  afidPlough-lliares 

To  drefs  our  Minds,  furrow  our  Checks  with  tearcs 

Of  true  Repentance.  And  thofc  thusdeftroy 

The  Wee^s  of  Sin,  fhallfurely  reap  in  Joy. 

Afcenffi^  Gratiarunt^  Defce^fns  Gratidfum. 

IF  there  be  any  Vertue  left  that  can    - 
Poll  Blcffings  down,  'tis  Gratitude  in  Man  5 

And  to  be  humbly  thankful!,  that  alone 

Makes  Him  true  fubjeft  for  Compaffion. 
All  Other  Graces  as  AfTiftants  lit 
Upon  the  Wool-facks  for  to  farther  it  • 
In  reprefenting  how  the  Law  concludes 
On  Gods  Rich  Bounties,  Our  ingratitudes : 
So  thereupon  Impeachment 's  drawn  to  {how 
Delinquencies,  and  what  He  gives,  we  ow. 

Firftthcn unlefs  dejefted  Care pofTefs 

The  Heart  and  Soul  for  by-paft  wickednefs. 

And  ftir  up  Refolution  to  become 

Henceforth  more  righteous ,  ev'n  to  Martyrdome  : 

In  vain  it  is  to  hope,  or  yet  furmizc 

The  acceptation  of  fuch  Sacrlfize 

From  Him,  whofc  all-difceming  eye  doth  pierce 

The  veiy  Center  of  the  Univcrfc, 

And  knows  before  wc  think :  Let  our  thoughts  Aye 

To  overtake  His  Providentiall  eye-. 

Then 


(13) 

Then  we  fhall  ftralght  be  conquered^and  confcfs 
His  Bounties,  but  our  own  Unworrhinefs. 
And  like  the  Eagle,  fir  ft  fuch  flight  begin 
From  the  low  contemptible  Vale  of  fin, 
Untill  Confeffion and  Amendment  raifc 
Our  ftretcht  out  Pinions  to  the  clouds  in  praife. 
And  then  when  all  is  done  that  we  are  able, 
Still  we  muft  know ,  we're  but  Unprofitable. 


Cmtemplaiio  Diurna* 

V V  Hen  we  behold  the  Morning  Dew 
Diflolvc  itfa'  rifing  Sun ;    What  would  it  fliew  c" 
->~  .    But  that  a  Sun  to  us  did  rife. 
Our  Fathers  hoary  fin  to  Atomift. 

And  when  the  Flowers  difplay'd  appear, 
To  entertain  the  mounting  Charettier: 

What  would  they  fpeak  in  that  fair  drefs  ^ 
But  Man's  redemption  out  of  wretchednefs. 
For  the  fhade-fhortning  Noon  can  tell 
The  Proud,  and  fuch  as  with  Ambition  fwell-, 

Thatwhilft  upon  Opinions  wing 
They  feck  to  fore,  they  work  their  lelfening. 

And  the  Prognoftick  Weftern  fer. 
May  Our  Conditions  rightly  counterfeit  5 

For  if  we  rife,  ftiine,  and  fet  Cleer, 
The  Day-Star  from  on  high 's  our  Comforter : 

If  Sin  beclowd  us  as  we  fall , 
Our  next  daycs  rife  will  prove  our  Funerall : 

JB/  quid  lachrfmabilim^ 


Vbi 


Vbi  deftnit  Medicm^  incifit  Theohgns. 


"n 


Pliarmaca  segrotantibus  Optima^^ 
QOrf0rc  ft  tu  Agrotas^ 

Anima  fin  fit ,  devotas 

Freces  qu/fque  Meditetnr. 


Convidlus  facilis  &  maxime  Niitricns. 

'^ec  quid  comefurw  cures , 
Faucis  nam  Naturagaudet: 

Verbum  Dei  fi  procures y 

I) apes  (quifquis  velit)  Uudet. 


Acr  Optimus  &  ad  Veram  Valctiidincm 
propius  conduccns. 

yd  Era  dum  Maligmm  quAris 

Sis  morbofm-^  nee  fit  mirum: 
SarMo  fodale  fi  fruerisy 
Teque  efficiet  talem  vlrum. 


Excrcitium  vcram  fanitatcm  comparans  optima 

"VXercearis  licet  tin  a 

Nocfe  D/eq-j  Fata  vocent: 

Sed  fi  Deo  facia  Vota 

Sint  fincera^UAC  non  nocent  • 

Adfamtatemfotim  veram 

^                Bt  xtternaw^Viarfi  decent, 
^ 


Where  the  Phyfitians  skill  can  doe  no  more , 
Divinity  muft  bcft  of  health  reflorc. 

Annm 


Annus  annnlHs^iShc.  Diminutione largimnr. 

A  S  the  Year,  Serpent-like  doth  caft  its  Skin, 
^^ And's  ftript  o'th'  Old,  when  as  the  New  comes  in5 
What  would  'tinform,  but  that  anew  w'inveft 
Our  felves  in  Chrift,  Old  Adam's  Rags  detcft  < 
And  if  a  Jmus  Bifronted  doth  ftand^ 
Looking  at  once  to  this  and  t'other  hand. 
What  would  He  teach  our  Confciences,  favc  this> 
To  fee  at  one  View  whence  Salvation  is. 
And  whence  our  woe  came  ^  that  for  this  we  may 
Our  Tribute  Tears^  for  that  all-praifcs  pay^ 

Now  when  the  SeafonblofTomesin  its  Spring, 
And  time  puts  on  a  party-coloufd  wing  ^ 
Why  Ihould  not  our  Souls,  which  before  did  lyc 
Defird  through  thTmutch  of  Sin,  receive  a  dye 
(Whereat  the  Rofe  may  blufh)from  that  fame  flood 
(All  Streams  furpaffes)  of  our  Saviours  Bloods 
For  if  that  Lcprofic  we  fain  would  b^al. 
This  is  OMt^ordnn^  ftain'd  with  Curchinneal. 
If  from  our  firft  Sifewe  receiv'd  a  wound. 
This  is  that  Spikenard  that  can  make  us  found. 

And  as  th' approaching  Sun  comes  daily  on 

For  to  fupplant  the  Winters  Garifon  ; 

So  fhould  our  frozen  hearts  be  thaw'd,  and  Melt 

When  we  to  Mind  call  what  our  Jefus  felt. 

And  we  defen/'d  -    His  Zodiack  iliould  brin^ 

Us  to  the  Tropic  k  of  our  Summering 

In  thofe  warm  thoughts,  till  ripe  in  faith  and  hope. 

Love  like  a  Vale,  cover  Our  Horifcope  : 

For  what  can  we  return  for  His,  who  rent 

The  Temples  to  free  us  from  Puniflimcnt^ 

C  Olet 


(1 6) 

O  let  the  LuftfiiU  Cluftcrs  wc  behold 

BetafTciing  Aiitumn^and  thofe  Ears  of  gold- 

Rcfcmbling  Com,  fay  to  us,  if  we  thirft 

Or  hunger :  He  who  is  both  Laft  and  Firft, 

Did  tread  the  Winc-prefs  for  us,  and  fiiM 

What  was  to  us  due  for  our  Parents  ill  •, 

That  fo  we  n:iight  be  numbred  'mongft  thofc  gucft 

The  Lamb  invited  to  his  Mariage-Fcaft. 

And  though  we  once  fell  by  what  one  Tree  bore, 

God  by  Anothers  fruit  did  us  reftorc. 

Then  whllft  the  Sharp'd-brcath'd  Winter  feems  to  lay 
Stripes  on  the  bearing  earth,  and  Blafts  th'array 
She  late  was  deck  in  ^  Spitting  on  her  face 
Its  Feather'd-rain,  fall  embling  the  difgracc 
For  Us  He  felt,  who  would  have  known  no  fhanfie, 
Had  wc  been  Innocent  and  without  Blame^ 
Doth't  not  difcypher  how  a  Lilly  pure 
Sprung  up  'midft  Thorns,^ courgings  to  endure : 
And  how  They  Spat  upon  a  Face  that  Shin'd, 
Which  prov'd  our  Eyc-falve,  who  before  were  blindf 


My  Ohfervation  at  Sea. 

T  Hough  every  thing  we  fee  or  hear  may  raifc 
The  Makers  Praife ; 
For  without  Lightning  or  Thunder, 
His  Works  are  all  of  wonder  ^ 
Yet  amongft  Thofe  there's  none 
Like  to  the  Oceon. 

Where 


073 

Where  f nota  Catalogue  to  keep 
Of  fevcrall  Shapes  inhabiting  the  Deep) 

Let  but  our  Thoughts  conrcr 
With  what  once  Graverd  the  Philofophcr : 

And  we  muft  ftraight  confefs 
Amazement  more,  but  apprehenfion  Icfs. 

The  Fire  for  heat  and  light 

Moft  cxquifit : 
And  the  All-tempering  Aire 
Beyond  Compare. 
Earths Compofition  and  Solidity, 
Bountiful!  Mixed  with  Humidity. 

But  here  for  Profit  and  Content, 
Each  muft  give  place  to  th'  Liquid  Element  ; 

Whofe  Admirable  Courfe,  that  Steers 
Within  Twelve  Hourcs- Mariners, 

O  utwards  and  Homewards  bound : 

May  be  Sufficient  Ground 
To  raife  Conclufion  from  thence 
At  once,  of  Mighty  Power  and  Providence. 

For  as  the  Cynthian  Queen 
Her  bounty  lefs  or  more  vouchfafes  be  feen  : 

So  by  her  wain  She  brings 
The  Tides  to  Neaps,  and  by  her  Full  to  Springs  : 

Yet  not  but  as  He  pleas 
Who  fct  Her  there,  chief  Governels  of  Seas  : 

C  2  Which 


which  iinderftood 
Truly  by  fuch  would  feck  for  Traffiquc  good. 
They  muft  their  Anchors  waigh 
Out  of  the  Oozic  dirt  and  Clay 
Earths  Contemplations  ycild, 
And  hoyiin^  Saylcs,  Thcy'l  ftraightway  have  them  fill'd 

With  a  fre(h-Mackerell  Gale,  whofe  blaft 
May  Port  them  in  true  happinefs  at  Laft. 

There  th'in  a  Bay  of  Blifs, 
Where  a  Sweet  Calm  our  welcom  is  r 
Let  us  at  length  the  Cables  Vcerc^ 

Fore  and  abaff,  that  may  our  Moorage  clecrc 

From  warp  or  winding ,  fo  ridc^fixt  upon 

Our  Hopes  Sheox- Anchor  of  Salvation. 


Z^pon  Mofcs  put  young  to  Sea^  or  bid  in 

an  Ark  of  Bulrujbes. 


T 


His  fdn  of  Amram^  foon  as  born  did  find 
Pharaoh  a  Tyrant,  but  the  Midwives  kind  : 
So  being  from  that  bloody  Doom  fct  free, 
Become"s  His  Mothers  Care  and  Hufwifric-, 
Who  to  His  fafety,  that  She  might  confer 
More  hopes.  She  makes  him  firft  a  Mariner  : 
A  qood  prefage  -,  whereby  it  was  implide. 
His  People  He  through  the  Red-Sea  ihould  guide. 

In  Mofen  adhuc  Infentem  Amni  commifTum. 

Exod.  2o     CH^  latitats  J u  nets  Mofcs  ft  Nauticus  Infans  f 
3.  14 a.  Uf  ducat  Fofulum  fer  V^a  Rnbra [mm. 

Decern 


Viccm  Fr^ecepta^  Acroft.  Keniji. 

1  y  ^  JRgfftd'cHtnfuijfes^ 

rejpexit  (Solui)  ut  Exiffes. 

2  E  runtes  in  Eremo  fleHit  faucoSj 

J  Softer  OS  ut  reddat  Cantos, 
^^  Nomen  non  in  Van9 
ore^  fed  in  Corde  Sano, 

4  0   pere^  necfordeAt  Dies, 

in  qui  juffa  Sancfa  quies, 

5  V  erus  Amor  Paternally 

doceat  in  Parent es  qualis,  -  . 

6  A  rdensCurAignofcendiy 

toUat  RabiemPle^endi. 

7  D  oeeatCafiaVit^  normam 

qui  &  Vitam  dat  drformam, 

8  E  ripendi  quels fruentur 

aliiy  nee  fit  Mens  libenter. 

9  ^  era  Tefitmonia  Teljtes 

recfdant  htos,  fa/fa  M<eJlos, 

10  S   is  Contents  tuaforte'^ 

Nee  luncfam  cupas  Portam  Port  a  :        "" 

Capias  Fitam  tunc  fro  Morte,  Ifil,  5 . 8, 


The  Contew^  of  this  Worlds  raijts 

the  Others  Epem, 

\/\7'Hen  all  the  Vertuc  wc  can  here  put  on. 

Is  but  refined  Impcrfe(ftion3 
Corruption  Calcin'd  .^  A  Mineral!  vain. 
Where  Clay  (to  be  more  prized)  fome  Ore  doth  ^ain- 

G  J  ^    \ 


Why. 


(ao) 

Why  (hould  wc  not  employ  the  bcft  of  Care, 
To  learn  wherein  Trucft  Contentments  are  , 
And  how  attain  d  1  The  Jewellers  command 
O're  Art,  is  howtoFoyle  the  Diamond 
As  may  add  Luftre  to  it :  So,  who  tries 
Lefs  to  Efteem  of  This  worlds  Flatteries, 
Sets  higher  Value  on  the  Other,  where 
Pcrfedion  proves  th'Eternall  Jeweller. 


In  Diem  Natalcm. 

J^E  tnomturHomo^  SanBus  de  Virginepuror^ 

Mirijicujque  hodtc  mfcitur  lUe  Puer. 
Ne  Teregrinetur  Factum  ?ertgrm$ts  ^  Idem  e[l , 

/;;  Cunis  Stabulum  GlorificAtque  fuis. 
Ne  pre  Deli  efts  Preaviflectdtur^  amor  a 

PocuU  fertj  alio  non  fatienda^  Modo. 
B^til  nt  e  Cecils  Migrans  terraq-^  Mariq:, 

lacfiitus^  tenehras  Mortis  ^  ^  Imafetit^ 
Nos  utfurgamu^  San^i^  quoque  Luce  fruamur 

Mterna,  Aflriferas  incolttlHcDomm. 

In  Eandem. 

rr/>rf     p  cMors  p 

ChrifimZFeritas^Vertit:    ^Mendacium>Difced»rU. 
iLvia      S  f  Error         j 

L&ta  Dies  Cunciis^  Mors  qua  calcanda  recefit, 
Nafcitur  in  Domihm  dummodo  Vita  Juts  : 

Plena  Dies  Lucis  Vernm  qua  cUrius  exflat^ 
Et  Falfi  Fufcum  tollittir  Omne  Genus  : 

Faujla  Dies  in  qtta  Viafiernitur  OmnifotentU^ 

Error  ^  aufertur 'y  Clara,  Beatd  Dies.  To 


(31) 

To  Kijfe  Gods  Rody  occaftoned  upon 
a  Childs  Sich^efs. 

"y^Hat  evtr  Gods  Divine 
Decree 
Awai'deth  unto  Mine 
OrMce, 
Though't  may  feera  illj 
With  patience 
I  am  refolv'd  to  undergo. 
Nor  to  His  purpofe  once  fay  no^ 
But  Moderate  both  Mind  and  Will  : 
And  Conquering  th' Rebellions  of  Scnfeg 
Place  all  content  in  true  Obedience. 

Thus  I  create  it  good 
When  His 
Corrcftion's  underftoodj 
Which  is. 
Not  to  deftroy^ 
But  to  reclaim. 
And  t'caufe  me  turn  a  new-leaf  ore. 
Count  all  an  Error-writ  before. 
So  find  the  fting  of  Flattering  Joy  : 
Making  the  fcope  •  of  ail  My  future  aim , 
To  Reverence  and  Glorific  His  Name. 

Thus  when  our  God  will  fro^vn,  if  we  weigh  it 
In  Judgments  Scales,  we  raak't  a  Benefit. 


Msn 


liy  Penthoufe  agaimfl  the  Storm  of  Griefs 

cccaftonedufon  the  Death  tf  4  denr  Friend. 


o 


How  the  Blafts 
Temptation  Cafts 
Againft  my  Naked  Ston , 
Threaten  Subverfion;  , 
Sithencc  the  Decree  of  late  was  Thine 
To  take  away  lyly  Sheltring  Vine  ! 

Well, let  themblow. 
Break  clouds  and  rain. 
Their  Gufts  and  Show'rs  in  vain  5 
For  Confident  I  am. 
My  Gratious  God  upholds  the  Frame , 
Whilft  I  the  Olive  Sprouts  fee  grow. 

Thus  to  my  Hart 
I  may  impart 
Th'aflurancc  of  a  Peace , 
Wherein  fuch  Trials  ceafe 
If  Patience-born-,  that  Fear  is  good 
When  it  withftapds  ill,  not  of  ill  withftood. 


Man  Levens  the  Batchy 

,0d  makes  all  things  for  good  3  'tis  Man 
Sowers  und  worfts  Creation  ; 
Who  Leven'dby  his  Father,  thence 
Becomes  all  Difobediencc  5 

No 


(23) 

No  thought,  no  word,  no  adion  He 
Contrives,  can  own  Integrity 
To  Him  that  made  Him,  for  by  Deeds 
As  Words  and  Heart,  his  growth's  in  weeds, 
Which  whilft  neglefted  doe  exprefs 
Gods  Grace ,  but  Man's  unfruitfulnefs  : 
Now  if  again  man  would  bear  Corn^ 
He  muft  himfelf  a  Weeder  turn. 


The  ytttributes  of  true  Love. 

\/y  E  call  that  Patience,  when  provok'd  we  can 
Dcferr  revenge,  but  'tis  true  love  in  Man : 
And  whcnwithopen  hand  we  would  exprefs    :   \ 
Our  Bounties  Tribute,  fome  ftyle't  Lavifhnefs : 
But  They  miftake,  as  farr  as  thofe  defpife 
All  ftcps  whereby  an  Other  Man  doth  rife  5^ 
Yet  think  they  have  Love  too  •,  and  boaft  no  Icfs 
Than  that  She  is  their  conftant  Patronefs  : 

If  Her  Decrees  be  not  to  feek  her  own  ' 

Praife,  fas  not  fecmlyj  whither  are  fuch  blown, 

As  thus,  would  tempt  Her  anger,  when  'tis  taught 

She  is  not  to  be  mov'd  to  an  ill  thought , 

But's  ever  plcaf 'd,  and  doth  rejoyce  to  fee 

Truth  fit  in  Triumph  o're  Iniquitie  ; 
As  She-  fuftains,  and  is  contented  ftill 
With  what  wind  blows,  fo  doe  her  hopes  fails  fill , 
When  from  the  windows  of  Belecf  doth  breath' 
A  fteady  Gale,  t'advance  her  courfe  beneath  : 
Till  by  the  Saints  tranfplanted,  and  above. 
She's  Moor'd  within  that  Portland  calldTruc  Love. 

D  ConiranA 


Contraria  juxtdfe  pojita 

Gal.  5.  i^.to  23. 


rtWlti^ 


Creaiu 


ram' 


emiHt 


\UVUB 


Dietnp  ero  ViAtmhii 


"\^--irluli  Seruio 
^'  -ruacnba  SyevtiQ 


ct«o 


Like  Night  to  Day,  or  foyles  that  Raife 
The  Liiftrc  of  the  Diamonds  praifc  : 
Such,  and  no  other  Vertue  Lies 
Hid  in  th'approaeh  of  Contraries. 


JLove 


Love  begets  Fear. 

'HTWas  of  Thy  Goodncfs  f  Lord)  at  firft  I  had 
^   -*•  Knowledge  of  what  was  Good,  and  what  was  bad  : 
Yet  through  the  111  of  Nature  become  blinde, 
I  followedSinj  and  left  thy  Fear  behind  : 
By  which  I  forfeited  a  Bleffing ,  till 
Thou  of  thy  Mercy,  free  and  Gracious  will 
Sign'ft  me  a  Pardon  in  that  ftyle.  Repent, 
That  fo  I  might  avoid  all  Punilhmcnt. 
Thus  then  rows'd  up  and  wak'ned,  I  began 
Thy  Judgments,  Bleffinps,  Love,  and  Fear  to  skan : 
And  in  a  Scoale  when  I  them  all  had  waigh'd, 
Mcthought  I  lov*d  Thee  ftill,  ftill  was  afraid. 


My  Invocathn. 

A^Reat,  and  Good  God,  of  Juftice,  Love  5 
^^  As  That  to  Fear,  fo  grant  This  move 
My  Trembling  Heart,  till  It  retain 
Some  Sparks  of  heat  and  life  again  • 
Sithence  My  Creation-Fuell's  don 
Lighten  againthe  Turf  by  thine  own  Son. 

Small  hopes  of  This ,  unlefs  I  may 
In  awe  to  That,finde  a  decay 
Of  fuch  Lewd  Thoughts,  Words,  Ads,  did  bring 
My  whole  Man  to  a  wintering 
f  In  Luft,  and  Sin,  and  growth  of  Grace , 
T'alTure  a  friiitfull  Spring-tide  in  the  place. 

D   2  How'i 


How's  that  attained  ^  By  heat,  not  cold, 
=*Tis  that  the  Bounteous  Marygold 
Difplaycs  its  Treafure  •,  and  kindc  Showers 
(Not  Frofts;  befriend  both  fruit  and  Flowers : 
Thaw  then  my  Bread  till't  open  'Zeal> 
And  let  my  Eyes  thofe  fighs  reveal 
In  rain,  that  my  AffcdTons  may  fubdue. 
So  from  my  Old  Congcard  Clot  raifc  thoughts  new. 


Mfericordia  Deijplcndidijpfna. 

/^ Ods  Mercy  fliines  'bove  all  His  works,  as  farr 
^^  As  doth  the  Cyprian-Queen  out-light  a  Starr. 

To  Man,»  Epg* 

Tjr  Ard-Hcwirted  Man  !  what  canft  thou  fay , 
*^That  Thou  thy  felf  haft  turn'd  to  Brick  thy  Clay :. 
But  that  Thy  Hopes  arc  built  upon 
His  Promife  once  fent  Fountains  out  of  S ton  : 
Wherefore  to  Sacrifice  to  Gods  defire, 
^Jdm  5 1 ,    Mans  Heart  muft  be  the  Altar,  Sighs  the  fire. 

17-    , 

My  ToolofBethefda^  or  the  Effufton  ofChriJis 
Merits  to  heal  our  Mif cries. 

■yy  Hen  Children  would  goc,  or  Cripples  ftand. 

Crutches  and  Stools  are  fram'd  for  Arm  and  Hand 
To  reft  upon,  left Juch  attempting  fliall 
Without  like  Props  occafion  them  to  fall. 

What 


What  are  the  Sons  of  Adam  ^   if  we  try. 
Condemned  to  LamcncfTc  and  to  Infancy 
Through  Sin,  and  fo  difabled  to  Pace 
The  Paths  of  Vertue^  tread  the  Steps  of  Grace  \ 
Till  God  of 's  Mercy  plcafcd  to  Confer 
A  {landing  ftool,  as  if  from  th'  Carpenter, 
Though  He  himfelf  was  Artift,  and  did  frame 
This  Remedy  for  Thofe  were  Weak  and  Lame : 
So  that  without  a  farther  Inquifition, 
We  Ail  were,  and  are  fuch,ChrilVs  the  Phyfition. 


Ihz  Five  torches  to  Bethefda. 

"X/j  An  is  Bethefda ,  and's  five  Senfes  be 

•^■^-''Porches  unto  that  Great  Intermery, 

Where  Divers  Cures  arc  fought  for  5  yet  not  one 

Attained  but  through  an  Angels  Motion , 

Grace  powred  on  the  Heart  ^  which  who  fo  can 

Improve,  becommeth  ftraight  a  perfed  Man : 

But  Thofe  who  Opportunity  negledt, 

Muft  not  an  other  Saving  help  expeft. 
For  as  the  Cripple  Thirty  eight  years  lay. 
And  had  done  more,  had  not  Chrift  come  ith'  way  : 
So  whilft  thefe  powr'd  out  waters  we  would  try, 
Others  ftep  in,  Prophane  their  Sanflity. 

Lufts  both  our  Ears,  and  Eyes,  and  Palates  charm  ; 

Through  Noftrils  and  by  Fingers  we  doe  harm-. 

And  'caufe  all  over  Leprous  and  defil'd, 

We'd  fain  be  cleaned,  to  health  be  reconcil'd, 

Yet  cannot  get  fo  foon  into  this  Tide, 

Afford  us  of  thwit  Jordan  from  Thy  fide, 

D  3  Solilo' 


So1iloquiiitn« 

ydNinta^  quid  tarn  trifiAris? 
Ocule^  quid  Ldchrymaris't 
Cur  in  Feet  ore  fingultu^^ 
Cur  Mcerore  madet  vultm  ? 
Slut  fit  ^  gemitu  flangefcu 
Cor  5  ut  fi  integrum  non  effes  ? 
Cum^  quo  hie  fiuAmnr  toto 
ISIofiro  non  in  Dei  voto. 
Ejus  ffi^  frp'^g^^-i  fortem 
Dare,  Vitam  dare  ^  M$rtem. 
Mortis  certitudo,  hrevem 
VitA  Curam  reddit  levem  : 
£t  poft  Mortem,  fit  levamen 
^od  Vivetur  femfer  tamen  : 
Nee  menfura  quavu  ^  hor^ 
Vejfertin^^  vel  Juror<e 
Metitur :   sterna  Luce 
Sed  (h^c  dicia  Dies)  duce : 
In  quky  cum  gandeat  omnis  Sancfus, 
Lubm  ftfiat^fileatplancfu-s: 
rccr^am  (hic)  qua  labor arnus 
Sowrio  Mortis  nam  mutamm  : 
Et  quid  mali  hora  dedit^ 
G audio  Semfiterno  cedit. 
^fi  fie  mutant,  invidendos 
Sentio  folos  :  non  defiendos. 

r  contra  Veciera  Veecatis  data , 

Cor  corr  upturn.  Or  a  Ixta^ 
Animam  infeBam  Malis, 
Nox  dumfequitur  fataliSy 
Lugeat,  dokat  Omnis  Tales. 


A  Carroll. 


(FF  nothing  dfe)  may  not  this  feafon  move, 
*Or  Time  become  true  Chronicle  of  love  C 
And  fo  allay  the  Fury,  ftint  the  Ragt 
Or  madnefs  doth  predominize  this  age  f 
When  for  to  Ranfomc  Man,  whofe  leaft  Offence 
Was  characSer'd  in  Difobcdience , 
He  who  knew  no  Sin  came,  that,  to  fulfill 
The  Mercy  Statute  of  His  Fathers  will  : 
Thus  He  forgave,  and  gave,  to  let  us  know 
What  to  owr  Very  Enemies  we  ow. 
By  His  Example  •,  and  decrees  this  fate 
To  the  Pofterity  unfortunate 
Of  too-beleeving  Adam^Thit  They  muft 
Give  themfelves  over  to  no  other  Truft 
Than  what  His  Word  affures  5  nor  to  make  lefs 
That  firft  of  Sins,  Create  them  numberlefs, 
In  Envie,  Malice,  and  Ambition, 
But  joynto  Charity  Contrition 
For  by-paft  faults,,  and  refolutions  raife 
To  fpcnd  the  future  in  our  Makers  praife  .* 

Obey  Him  firft,  then  Thofe  His  Glorious  Powers» 
Shall  fubftitutc  for  our  Superiours  : 
And  With  our  own  Condition  whatfome're 
Content,  enjoy  a^full  Harmonious  Sphere  v 
Leaving  no  Orb  ")r  Difcords  fond  increafe, 
SithenceHe  that's  born  for  us  was  Prince  of  Peace., 


A  ^iJ. 


(30) 

A  Quid  Kctrtbuam. 

Poor  fin-bound-nakcd-creature  Man,  ne're  knows 
What  to  return  for  that  His  God  bcftows-, 
But  as  Profpcritics  increafc,  goes  Icfs 
I'th'  retribution  of  Thankfulnefs : 
His  eyes  not  open  but  with  Clay  made  dim. 
Renders  that  Miracle,  not  wrought  on  Him, 
Remains  fo  ftupid ,  but  where  Faith's  dcclin  d 
Int'  unbelecf,  fuch  are  for  ever  blind  : 
Now  thvit  I  may  like  Judgment  ftill  prevent. 
By  entertaining  True-Souls-Nutrimenr, 
Not  Poyfon  :  let  Example  fpurr  me  on 
To  take  the  Cup  fill'd  with  Salvation  5 
And  t'praife  his  holy  Name  that  did  prepare 
Such  Cares  for  thofe  hcavie  and  Laden  are. 
Sins  Dromidaries  fwift  by  Nature  led 
To  run  to  Evil ,  here  unburthened 
By  One  who  bore  both  Croiie  and  fliame,to  free 
The  Pliant  branch  of  Eves  pofterity  : 
(So  have  I  tender  Saplings  feen  unbroak. 
When  Tempcfts  have  o'r-turn'd  the-fturdier  Oak:) 
And  if  in  Sacrifice  we'd  pafTe  degrees. 
The  beft  for  acceptation 's  from  the  knees , 
Outward  and  inwardly  expreft;  whereby 
To  notifie  unfeign'd  Humility  •, 
Forfnch  deny  to  (lie w  repentance  thus, 
Surely  forget  Clirifl  came  from  Heaven  to  us  : 
And  thofe  of  that  (liort  memory  may  know 
Their  Portion  s  here ,  They  (liall  not  to  Him  go, 
Who's  Riches,  Rayment,  Food,  and  all  Relief 
To  them  Comemn  this  World ,  make  Him  their  Chief. 

EFCHA' 


C*30 


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V    \..    ^    1    s.    -   I    I   ^     /    ^ 


°    # 


Though  All  muft  truly  (ay.  They've  done  ami% 
Yet  there  Goes  more  than  Ordinary  to  This : 
For  He  that  would  not  make  the  banquet  fower^ 
Muft  form  His  Reliih  to  his  Sayioua. 


A  Pelican  feeding  heryoungmth  blood  out  of  her 
own  Brejiy  a  type  of  our  Saviour. 

*  -  or  rig  J t  O 

Behold  Here  from  the  P  e  l  i  c  a  n  s  Brcft  fprung 
A  ftream  of  precious  blood  to  feed  her  young. 

E  Irf 


In  San^iam  CcenamDomini^  Epig* 

"^^Afliand  be  clcnn-^  Eat^  Drink  this,  and  't  will  fave: 

Soeafic is  thefuit  our  Lord Hoth  cray^-    ,  . 
Yet  with  the  healed  Creeplc,  back  He'll  caTlthe^,    * 
And  bid  Thee,  Sinn  no  more,  left  worfe  befall  thee.-. 


I 


A  Dedication  ofmyfirU  Son, 

S  it  not  fit  the  Mould  and  Rame 
Of  Man,  fhould  dedicate  the  fame 
To  God,  who  firft  Created  it :  and  t'  give 
To  Him  the  firft  fruit  of  that  Span  we  live  i 

In  the  worlds  Infancy  could  Hmncih  tell, 

Shee  ought  to  Offer  her  fonn  Samuel 
To  Him  that  made  him,  and  refine 
That  Sacrifice  with  Flowre  and  Wine  i 

Was  Ahams  long  expe(fled  feed 

From  Sarah's  womb  condemned  to  bleed:* 

And  lliall  the  times  now  they  grow  Old,  conclude 

In  faithlcfnefs,  and  in  ingratitude  ^ 

Let  fliame  awake  us,  and  where  bleflings  fall,' 

Let  every  one  become  a  Prodigall 

In  paying-  vows  of  thanks,  and  bring 
Tjie  hrft,  and  beft  for  Offering. 


Where 


(33) 

Where  am  I  then '•,  whom  dodhathdeign'dtoblefs 

With  hopes  of  a  fuccceding  happinefs 
Unto  My  houfec'  Why  is't  I  ftand 
At  th' Altar  with  an  Empty  hand  ^ 

Have  I  no  Herds,  no  Flocks,  no  Oyl, 
No  Incenfe-bearing-iS'A^^^y^'.foyl  ^ 
Is  not  My  Grainary  ftor'd  with  Flowre  that's  finer 
Are  not  my  Strutted  Veflels  full  of  Wine  < 

What  Temporall  BlclTing  's  wanting  to  fufficc 
And  furniih  out  a  lively  Sacrifice, 

Save  onely  this,  to  make  a  Free- 

Will-offering  of  an  Infancy  ^ 

Which  if  I  Ihould  not  doc,  that  pil'd- 
Up  wood,  whereon  lay  Sarah's  childe  5 

The  Temple  would  accufe  me,  where  the  fon 

OiElk'nA  firft  had  Dedication. 

Wherefore  accept,  I  prajr  thee,  this 
Thou  ft  given,  and  my  hrft  Sonn  is : 

Let  him  be  Thine,  and  from  his  Cradlcling^ 

Begin  his  fcrviccs  firft  reckoning. 

Grant,with  his  Dayes.thy  Grace  increafc,and  fill 
His  Heart,  nor  leave  there  room  to  harbour  ill; 
That  in  the  Progrcfs  of  His  years 
He  may  exprcfs  whofc  badg  He  wears. 


In 


(30 

In  Quadragefimant. 

\^Hen  all  tRe  Dayes  w'have  borrowed  arc  mif-fpent. 
Had  we  not  need  to  beg  more  time  were  Lent  5 

And  not  to  fuffer  This  too,  to  be  gon , 

Becaufe  abuf 'd  through  fuperftition^ 
A  knife  to  cut  with's  good,  but  if  to  kill 
It  be  abufd,  why  then  we  deem  it  ill. 

All  things  are  made  for  ufe  ^  Abufes  came 

But  as  Ufurpers  to  deprave  the  fame  : 

And  in  fome  kinde-  or  other  all  we  do. 

Speak,  think,  or  have,  thofe  have  their  morals  too.. 
Our  Pampred  Bodies  oft  fuch  thoughts  put  on. 
That  they  become  like  to  proud  lefjuron  : 
And  when  our  minds  from  full  Cups  are  expreft^ 
They're  like  to  Bahajha^rs  at  His  Feaft: 
Our  A(5tions  too,  laden  with  Temporall  good. 
Cannot  permit  t'afpire  at  Spirituall  food  5 
But  over-fed,we  furfet,  and  becom 
Like  to  the  Beaft  in  all  things,  fave  being  dumb: 
Tongue-tide  we  are  not,  when  we  would  exprcfs. 
Our  Enmity,  from  th'  root  of  Bitternefs  : 
Nor  yet  uncharitable,  unlefs  in  this. 
To  jud£;e  that  thofe  who  hunger  doc  amift. 
And  fuch  as  thirft  too ,  whilft  our  Cups  run  o're, 
And  Bellies  are  made  Magazines  of  flore. 
It  iliould  be  otherwayes,  ifwc  would  fliun 
The  heavie  doom  of  fad  Temptation  5 
And  as  the  Meat  and  Drink  of  Faith,  prepvire 
A  Holy-Fafting-fmdifying  Prayer, 
Cook  d  from  our  Corner'd  hearts,  and  not  the  ftrccts,, 
A  Sacrifice  Incenf 't  with  Love  for  fwects. 
And  thus  performing  what  is  Lent  aright, 
Wei  fear  no  Schifmatick,  nor  Anchorite.  A 


told  ziAi  5:^i;ji)fi£  fjD£oicfqE  ^lai  iE&y  9.  ^. 


;i^r.A  ^  J_ 


Is  there  a'Child  born :f  wh^ great\fo^pf^?ift^j^ 
When  'tis  natiir-es;propcrty  to  General |)n£  c2ii.^iirjD58 
But  here's  a  Sonne  too  given,  which  implic^:j_^'^fj^  ' 
All  that  can  be  afcrib'd  to  Myfteries-^     ,..     r.  ir^- 
For  He's  a  Fcither,  Brother,  Kinfman^Fiknd,  >  . 
Both  Sacfiii(;€  and  Pricft  to  recommend  jyo^^jx^rijj^^^ 
That  otferifig  up ;  Samaritan  paft-by  ixT 

Himfcljf  to  A^  the  height  of  Charity  :^  " 

On  us  lay  ftript  wounded-,  A  Phyfitian  .,|  ' 

Cures  the  difeafe  of  our  indifpofitioo:,.:  (a  -iH  nf  io5 
To  ought  that  good  isj  Sheplieard  to  ^drcff^xTsuD 
And  bring  us  back  out  of  the  wildernefTei 
Wfiere  we  had  gon  aftray  into  Fis  fould , 
A  Merchant  thwit  Redeems  us  who  were  fould 
To  finne  and  bondage  5  and  to  make  all  good. 
Contented  was  to  fpare  his  precions  blood  ; 
So  was  a  Lambe  before  the  Shearers  led  :t 
Tofet  dffroab'd,  defpis'd,  and  flairghtcred. 
That  we  might  Live  in  credit,  and  put  on 
T^hfe  whiter  Robe  of  his  Salvation :  '^ 

Tft's  Atias-like  the  Government  doth  bear 
Upon  His  fhoulder,  and  if  Counfellour 
We  would  cftcem  Him,  we  fliould  be  content 
To  make  his  mercies  our  encouragement: 
yotmighty  faults  dcferve  a  mighty  rod, 
ife^fHe  an  Everlafling  mighty  God,, 
The  Prince  of  Peace,  full  of  Compaflions  ftorc, 
Holds  out  the  Golden  fceptcr  evermore, 
Andthat  this  Birth  and  Gift  to  us  be  knowne ,     '  ■  ^^^  ^^  • 
He  pleads  himftlf  Our  caufe  at's  Fathers  Tfaronr.-'^  -' 


'f.Mvi'^^l 


gi?n3iq££  .01  .^  mx^ 


m'^'M'mti 


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^{TJOl  l^buX  aciud  ,ionH  bnoo^l  ^5 
..iR^iqx^X^ri       ^      •  -  "-^^r-  ?n£rn2£bnA 

T^ec  metua5fhriJtu^[nttiht[olH6^ertt  . 

OwnihHS  (^  cftpens  rthm  gaudere   fec»^di^'>^^n^^^J\ 
Conferat  in  D^minum  ftrtgfda  fura  fuum..  ' 

That  to  your  felfc  you  be  not  wanting,  make 
lefus  all  yours,  and  Chrift  alone  your  ftake-. 
For  who  defires  enjoyment  of  good  things 
Muft  place  upon  his  Lord  what  c'rc  hecbrings.. 

Tantillm  Homo  ^  &*  Tantm  feccatei^nA 

HOw  fmall  a  thing  is  Man,  and  yet  ImmcD^.^^  -^^ 
In  ading  over  Difobcdience  y 
Prom  the  firft  fpawing  time  He  did  begin  ^^^^ 

To  hatch  Rebellion,  and  to  fofter  fin :  H 

Difpute  His  Makers  mandate,  and  make  choice    .  ^,g- 
To  yeeld  unto  the  Subtil  Serpents  voycc  : 
Thus  thenbetrav'd,  ere  fincc  he  doth  prefcrr 
Cuftome  to  be  New-natures  Uflierer  •, 
And  fo  prefcribes,  Thinking  he  doth  no  worfc     ,,  t^^^l 
Then  his  Fore-father  who  cntaild  the  curfc  , 
A  new  Belcefe  of  credit  would  put  on  ,  ^j 

That  God  would  figne  a  new  Redemption  : 
As  if  his  Sonne  into  the  world  did  dain. 
Once  for  to  come^ould  come  for  him  again ; 
And  fo  He  will-,  yet  not  by  Ranfqmc  led ,,,, ,.,  ^.^^^,  .^^ 
Xopurchafe  that  again  ^an  forfcite^ij^.r^^W 


By  fecond  Error,  but  as  Judge  totry 
( Whilft  Conkknct  verdkfts  )  each  enormityr 
And  as  mans  miOcmeanours  They  exprefTc , 
Though  Gr^^^miQ]x^tJ,n^Q9d^^jW^  goe  lefTe.. 


p Rdndid  f4rva  juvant^  Parvus  Uctuftj*^  demufq.^ 

Nec'fnagnm  Puer.  efi,  nee  foetid  ike  turn, 
Parvis  m^gna,  foUt  virtus  g^udere  micAtciiie 
Oppojitis  fofitum  grandim  ingenumt. 


^g^^c 


nd  ^Jii •'t-i  J,  j;.ri ;v iiioa  ^A iiugu Lr^tlqiinM, 

IS  therca Eeaff  to  day  c  muft  I  make  one  __ 

At  Jo  great  Celebration:' 
And  am  I  yet  to  feeke-  how  to  be  drefi: 

As  to  become  a  worthy  Gueit  ^ 
If  to  fome  other  Table  bid  I  were  '  ^  ^'^^^  ^^tjt 
-^-       MyTaylor,MmyShoomakcf%^f^^;f^^"^^      .         ^, 
Sempfter,  andfiarber^  all  might  muM5^^^^ 

To  add  to  my  Formality.  ^^''^'--'H-n  dDi^d^^ 
But  thLs  more  reall  than  all  elfe,  lr6*pB:^  ^^^"^  ^^#^^' 

A  Banquet  fiird  with  myftcries :     ™^  ^!^^"^  ^^ 
God's  marifeflcd  in  the  Fle{h,arfd  thus  ^      i:m,^.i6,^ 

The  height  ofmercyfliown  to  us:  ^io.  ;.i 

And  if  the  Rule  of  charity  begins  ^  ^,^^  ^^^ 

At  home.let's  call  to  mind  our  fins^;; ' ^^  ^'^  "^^T* 
Befreind  our  felves  fo  farre  as  to  ConfciTe  J^;^^^^^A 

HowmuchHedid^andwedoeleiTe^  *    '  *  - -T 
Be  J-oyfull  for  fo  Great  a  Saviours  Power, 

■  YetinCbntrition  m^lti fhowcr,     ><^^^HDn^ 
To  think  how  oft  whilft  lewd  affeaiOns  §\ll^  ^^  ^^-^' 

Wemake.durXord  Newcrudficfe^^'^'"  ''''^  thea 


Then  if  we  Wij^l^  <5  ^^^^^'^^iiPW  ^^?^'^ 
^  W^  may  approacli  and  take  tms  breW 
And  wine ^t  he  Comfort  and  the  ftaffe, whereby 

NaiJUfcbu|;;Lifc?  Etei;nixy , .. .,  ,cjpii;0  z  in^n:^  t  f 

Secured  is,  and  tbeoAvith  Grac;epofl^ft^3j.n  2^^  n^riwl. . 

Shew  thai;.]i^^e  hpe  an  mt£rc(t,...,^^j^no2  £  e^Di^ri  rfud 

In  his  high  merits  which  walohe  Compriyj^  .j  ^j.^  ^^^^  jl/^ 

lUh.  2.14.  Powei»  to  qacll  our  Enemies.  >  !i^^q  £  2*^H ^o^ 

And  though  our  Jformer  Anions  turn'd  to  wec^icg  rl  joS 

Let's  now  bring  Faith  though  but  a  Muftard  fce4ro-f^t 

So  may  wc  all  remove  that  highappears  ,.;» i 

In  our  Conceipts^mto  a  lea  of  Tears^  .. ,  ^q 

For  'tis  His  Blood  no  other  Jordan  can  ,   >3-u3 

Cuer  the  Lepcrous  Affyrian.  ^^  ^^  ^^^^  oT 

. ■  ib^ifaupnhgfbhft 

I  Cor.1.30.  ^ifarrus  ftiit 

nobis  a  Deo  '^ 

Frev,9.  10.  Sapientia-,       Ft  rinteMmm  :    utfau  Imtiunf^^       }i 

iC(?r.iv29.    Juftitia-,  Vt nojlr^ mhili pe/i<Jamf^'qfw?fi^m(^FnkrUj 

Sandificaiio  Ft  infojlerum  (  njitJtfriorisfravitdte  rilp- 
-^a>)fe£undum  facreftn^fam  tdm  vep4fi'ejds 
quamExemflinorrnam  AT^buUmH^s,     — 

Rcdcmptio.     Ft  ne  quid  amfl^ud  DiAbolOy  PeccAtid  fcrlr^ 

(^  affeBtonibu^  CArmhhu^jediffo  Sacfi- 

^c/inti  fdcriji(;io\^  Ipfofmet  in  omni  fanifa 

e^  fura  converfatiene   Confccrcmns  ^ 

fdcrifcemw.  [  '  n^^HjuSL 

lion  RecuJanteSyCruci  vi^  A^lictionibm  ^  TrihuUtiofa^ 
hu'Sfro  Illo ^uccnmbere^^i ifiius  Gravitatem  &  }^0^ 


(35) 

A  Uymm  occaftoned  upon  going  to  recewe  the 
blejfgd  Sacrament  vphen  it  was  a  [now. 

INvited  now  to  Sup  with  Thee  my  Lord, 
*A11  that  I  am  is  at  a  Period 

How  to  be  fitly  dreft. 
And  fo  t'become  a  worthy  Gueft; 

For  'tis  prepar'd  alone 
For  fuch  as  have  the  Wedding  garment  on, 

Which  through  ^Guilt  I  want,  —JzJ 

And  all  my  Sabftance  t'buyone  is  too  fcant. 

Make  Me  a  Purfe  then,  from  His  Sacred  Score, 
Whofe  inftitution  'twas,  and  will  doe  more 

For  Thofe  beleeve  His  name. 
That  to  redeem  us  Sinners  came 

Into  the  World  ,  and  ihed- 
His  precious  blood,  which  might  ftand  all  in  fteads 

By  a  quick  Faith  apply 
The  Soveraign  Balfome  of  His  Agony. 

For  like  the  Man  met  Theeves,  we  all  were  left 
Naked  and  Wounded,  Spe(flacles  of  Theft 

And  Rapine  too,  w^herein 
We  weltring  lay,  a  prey  to  Sin  5 

Till  th'true  Samaritan 
Faffing  this  way,  Redemption  began. 

Not  fparing  Wine,  nor  Oylc 
Out  of  His  Hands>  and  Feet,  and  Side  the  while, 

E  3  Thus 


(30 

Thus  now  upon  Recovery  agen, 
Boqnd  up  in  His  Qf  ave-rloaths,  brought  to  pur  Inn, 
,  AndEarneft  left,  to  prove 
His  high  Compaflion  and  Love : 
What  care  fliould  be  t'exprefs 
In  all  our  future  A^Sions  thankfuincfs  < 

Which  no  way's  better  fpent 
Than  in  partaking  right  this  Sacrament; 

Which.without  Cleanfed  hearts  ,  and  mindes  that  Can 
Turn  a  new  leaf  with  the  Centurian, 

More  of  a  Chriftian  fliow, 
Mvide  white  as  is  this  day  with  Snow  •, 

And  like  the  Prophets  futc 
Pur<^ed  with  Hyfope  from  what  doth  pollute. 

We  cannot  hope  to  do  •, 
Nor  that,  1efs  prompted  by  thy  Grace  thereto. 

Whereto  CI  pray  Thee)  fo  much  mercy  add, 
That  I  may  have  fome  Balm  from  Gilead 
To  heal  my  Leprous  Sore, 
Whilil  humbled  for  my  Sins  before , 
My  future  dayes  may  be 
The  Inventory  of  more  Piety^ 

My  forehead  bear  thy  ftamp 
Rev,  7.  3.  As  fervant,  havixig  Oyl  ftill  in  my  Lamp, 
Mat. 2 5.^.  _- :.-.j^i^/.^.... ■ 


A  Keveille  Mat  tinker  Good  morroxp  to  a  friend. 

AS  the  Black  Curtain  of  the  Night 
;  /,     Is  open  drawn 
.•jlin7/  «     By  the  Gray-fingrcd  Dawn, 

To  let  out  light,  And 


(^7) 

And  bid  good  Morrow  to  the  Teeming  Day: 

So  let  all  Darkned  thoughts  Through  Sin^ 
Call  in 
Their  Powers,  that  led  them  in  a  blind-fold  way : 

And  Rowf 'd  up  from  fecurity. 
Bring  better  fruits  unto  Maturity* 

For  now  the  Fragrant  Eaft 
The  Spicery  o'th'  World, 
Hath  hurl'd 
A  rofie  Tindure  o'r  the  Phoenix  neft^ 
And  from  the  laft  Dayes  Urn 
An  Other  fprings. 
And  brings 
With  it  a  Charettier  too  in  its  tarn : 

So  then  by  this  new  fire 
Be  Goodnefs  Hatcht,  all  wickednefs  expire-^ 

Then  as  This  Prince  of  Heat  doth  rife. 
In  Power,  and  in  Might  feem  ftronger^ 
Proclaiming  that  'tis  Night  no  longer  5 
By  vanquiiliing  the  Witchcrafts  of  the  Skies, 
The  Spelly-vaprous  Mifts: 
So  let  th'enlightned  Soul 
Controul 
Our  Adions,  that  no  ferther  they  perfift 
To  follow  fenfe,  whereby  t' invite 
Ruine,  the  fawce  t'  unruly  Appetite. 

Thus  now  it's  cleere. 
Out  of  all  Queftion, 
The  world's  unmask'd,  and  all  of  Vailing  gon. 
n(^htfs  Triumphant  o'r  our  Hemifphcre  : 

Let 


r58) 

Let  us  net  therefore  in  difguifc 
Seek,  or  Bravado, 

To  fliadow  as  if  under  Maskerado 
So  many  faults  and  Villanies, 
Knowing  that  He  who  ra^ade  the  Light, 

Cannot  Himfelf  be  deftitute  of  fight. 

But  though  His  Providence 

Did  this  beget. 
That  Suns  that  rile  fliould  fet. 
And  in  appearance  vanifh  hence: 
Yet  doth  He  claim  for  th'intereft 
Of  Day-lights  blifs. 
We  (lumber  not  amifs  5 
When  as  our  Light  is  borrowed  by  the  Weft: 
But  the  Choice  Cabbinet  of  minde  adorn 
With  Contemplations  may  befit  next  Morn. 


Trium  Gratiamm  maxima  Charitas. 

*yy  Hen  all  Perfeftions  prove 
But  like  fome  found 
OfBrafs, 
Wherein  no  certain*Note  is  found. 
Without  Hai-monious  Love  ^ 
What  do  we  fee  then  more,  than  through  a  Glafs^ 

We  may  with  Eloquence 
Beguild  our  Speech, 
And  then 
Ofier  at  more  than  we  can  reach. 
And  bring  an  Influence 
Of  Works  to  raife  us :  yet  are  we  but  Men.  For 


(39) 

For  if  provok'd  we  be. 
We'll  not  forgive  5 
And  fo 
Forget  the  wrong  we  did  receive. 
Though  it  be  Love's  decree  ; 
Untill  we  can  work  our  revenge  in  wo. 

The  Ghurle,  whofe  fparing  skill 
Denies  to  feed 
The  Poor, 
And  fuch  as  ftand  in  greateil  need  5 
Yet  thinks  he  doth  no  ill, 
Whilft  He  walks  double  on  his  Ivory  floor. 

An  Other,  Envie-fwoln , 

When  once  't  was  heard 
By  chance. 
That  fuch  a  one  was  new  prefer'd  , 
Cries,  What  are  honors  ftoln  I 
Yet  by  the  fame  trad  ftrives  Himfelf  t'advance. 

This  Mufhrum  may  appear. 
When  firft  the  Sun 
Doth  rife  5 
But  when  His  Hemifphere  is  run,. 
And  that  the  Ev'n  draws  near. 
It  fliuts  up  alt  its  treafure,  and  fo  dies. 

Unlcfs  rcviv'd  again 

By  Loves  fwect  Charra^ 
O'r  which 
No  Night  or  Vapour  can  do  harm  5 . 
For  neither  Pride,  Wit,  Gain, 
Can  make  us  truly  Live,  or  truly  Richo. 

F  But 


C40 

But  if  Affeftion 

To  Truth  prcvailc , 
And  fay. 
No  Suffering  fhall  turn  the  Scale, 
Nor  yet  promotion: 
This  Night  will  turn  into  eternall  Day. 


umh.  13.  EI  Sembrador,  or^  the  Sower. 

ALL  arc  Solicitous,  who  grounds  poffcfs , 
To  know 
Both  when  and  how  to  fow , 
That  promifc  may  to  them  the  Moft  incrcas. 

And  by  the  feverall  Seafons,  Change,  or  Wain., 

Full,  or 
Incrcafe,  to  ftir  them  for 
What  might  be  propereft  of  every  grain. 

Nor  do  they  fcarch  fo  deep  as  for  a  Mine 

Of  Gold-, 
Yet  what's  the  fitteft  mold 
For  every  feed,  can  readily  define. 

And  doth  not  great  neglecS  and  (loath  appear 

In  thefe, 
Whom  Barley,  Wheat,  Rie,  Peafc, 
Affc(ft  alone  in  being  cheap  or  dear : 

Whilft  that  the  Fallows  of  their  hearts,  untill'd, 

No  more 
Can  promife  than  before , 
To  be  with  Cocklc-rhoushts  and  Darnell  fill'd.  For 


C40 

For  when  the  Bells  do  feem  all  In  to  Chime^ 

They'll  fay 
This  is  fome  Holiday; 
So  never  frame  a  work  unto  the  time. 

AH  that  they  pray,  or  hear,  orread,  or  dO;, 

Shall  be 
Choak'd  with  the  Brierie 
Gares  of  this  world  5  w^hlch  they  are  Slaves  unto. 

Before  the  Reverend  Preacher  can  divide 

His  Text  5 
Some  one  foon  tcls't  the  next, 
Yet's  robb'd  of  it-,  For  't  falls  by  th' high- wayes  fide. 

An  Other  gets  a  Point  by  th'end,  and  may\; 

Go  on 
Till  Perfecution 
Declare  him  Niol^e :  then  he  muft  ftay. 

As  when  a  Soil's  prepared  with  art  and  Care, 

The  Hinde 
Such  Crops  doth  alwayes  finde. 
As  to's  endcvours  anfwerable  are. 

So  let  our  Hearts  be  throughly  wed  of  Sin, 

And  then 
They'll  prove  good  ground  agen . 
And  bring  us  more  than  thoufand  profits  in. 


F  2  Ncceflt 


Necejfe^  eji   Vt 

Tcmpor um  Vitia  Car eant  Dei  am  icitia 

Abfque  vera  triftitia. 

Terminus 

a  quo  fer  quern  ad  quern 

VAhundanti^i 
^^^^'  <Gmdtum 


"  VGuU 


12 


Opera 

I'enehrarum  f      cFugienda 

V(jenhenti(Z  > — «?  AmfleBenda 

MiferkerdU         Ij      C-^cquirenda. 

Sic  fiet  5  Ut 

^  Mundim.    JDentium  "^  Candor      7  ^Copi^  ^  uhertatl 

ArmBYum  CUngor      V  cedat  <^m  ^  tranquil  lit  dti 
Tepkntidi  ardor         j  ^Sanitatic^  temperiei. 

Quod  fac  fit  Dominus  huic  Mundi  angulo  Anglia-. 

A    M    E    N. 


A  Carroll. 

■yLTHat  though't  be  Cold,  and  Freefe, 
Let  no  good  Chriftian  leefe 

So  much  of  heat  and  Zeal, 

As  not  for  to  Remember 

That  bleft  day  of  December  : 
And  what  to  Shepheards  Angels  did  reveal. 

Which  doth  of  right  Claim  lay 
To  All  chat  ever  Man  can  write  or  fay. 

A  Saviour's  born  for  Us, 
What  News  more  precious  ^ 
Wer't  but  fome  Neighbours  Son, 
The  Bells  would  ftraightwaycs  ring — 
In  Cakes  for  Goffipping  5 

So  foon  the  Ty dings  o'r  the  Town  would  run. 
And  many  a  light  brain  toft 

Amongft  the  Good  wives,  where  to  place  their  Coft. 

And  ihall  my  frozen  heart 

Not  thaw,  and  bear  its  part 

InJoUitie  for  this: 

Whereby  not  I  alone. 

But  each  beleeving  one 
May  promife  to  Himfelf  eternall  blifs  ^ 

For  fuch  can  ne'r  be  Cold  , 
Who  have  this  Birth-day  in  their  hearts  enrord. 

But  may  be  faid  to  burn. 
Till  fome  thanks  they  return, 
Which  though  far  fhort  they  reach , 
The  comfort  is  moft  furc, 


C44:) 

It  hath  healing  wings  to  Cure 
Not  for  reward ,  but  to  make  up  the  breach  ^ 

Which  fo  repaired  't  is  we 
Muft  make  it  good  'gainft  Satans  Batteric  ; 

Whereto  belongs  this  Care 

In  Chief  and  Singular, 
'  That  ftridcr  guards  we  keep , 

Becaufe  both  night  and  day 

Th'  Artillery  doth  play. 
Nor  doth  our  Adverfary  ever  flcep: 

Then  we  fliall  lliew  hereby 
Chrifls  Favour  hath  not  dipt  our  memory, 

Zfpon  the  birth  of  a  Childe. 

W^Hen  I  (O  LordJ  Thy  Mercies  fcan, 

Stooping  unro  the  Publican, 
Who  flood  afar  off;  and  didfl  daign 
To  give,  that  He  might  ask  again : 
(  For  not  the  Outward-beaten-brefl, 
Nor  down-caft-Iook  could  make  Him  bleft  ^ 
But  'twas  thine  own  Power  did  controul 
His  former  Vice,  flamp  New  His  foul. ) 

Methinks  I  am  fo  far  fet  free 

From  all  Sins  bonds  and  Tyrannic, 

As  that  raif'd  up  in  hopes-,   no  More 

I  need  Zdcheus  Sycamore : 

But  (though  a  Dwarf  in  Grace )  conclude 

I  fee  Chrifl  'bovc  the  Multitude 

Calling  me  down  •,  as  if  to  fay, 

He  meant  to  be  my  Gucfl  to  day ; 

And  ^though  a  Sinner  J  crown  My  wifii. 
Bringing  an^Olivc-branch  for's  Difli.        '       rhis 


(45) 

this  is  a  tr  He  faying ,  That  Chrifl:  came,  &:c,    Tim.  1. 1, 

T3E  a  thing  true  or  falfe^  our  Nature  lies 

■*-'     Alwayes  fo  prone  to  Novelties^ 

That  we  are  caught :  and  what  is  done  or  faid  y 

Tickle,  till  we  have  uttered  ^ 
Yet  are  afleep  whilft  this  True  fayings  come , 

("Or  clfe  with  Zdchary  ftruck  dumbc  Ltth.  1.20. 

Through  incredulity)  although  't  exprefs 

In  it  the  height  of  our  unworthinefs: 
And  this  the  Scope ,  That  He  was  'nointed  King 

Although  he  governed  every  thing  ^ 
Contented  was  of 's  footftool  t*  make  a  throne 

Where  He  might  work  Salvation , 
And  fo  is  a  true  Jefus  5  nor  doth  thus  Mat.o.i^. 

Become  unto  the  Righteous ,  Mark  z.ij, 

But  to  Thofe  likewife  who  through  fins  decree 

Condemned  were  to  Miferie , 
Amongft  whom  tfce  Apoftle  5  whilft  he'averrs 

Himfelf  as  chief,  fo  little  errs  : 
What  ihould  we  Judge  our  felves  to  be  ^  whofc  all 

Of  Life  is  but  Apocryphall, 
Lefs  than  the  leaft  of  Mercies :  yet  again 

When  in  our  ills  we  not  remain, 
Goodncfs  fliall  caufe  that  Scepter  to  diftill 

All  faving  Grace  into  the  will  5 
So  that  repaired  by  this,  forgiv  n  by  that. 

We  may  thus  far  be  Confolat ,' 
That  Princely  Clemency,  and  wonted  love, 

May  both  the  Crime  and  guilt  remove  : 
Then  though  the  chicfeft  of  the  Chief  we  bee. 
If  we  repent ,  this  Vcrfc  may  fct  us  free. 


C40 

A^^  Looh^g'Glafi. 

FOe  to  Ill-faces  for  thy  truth,  be  free 
And  Shadow  back  my  Souls  Deformitle, 
Thou  It  plcafe  me  better  far,  than  that  which  can 
Return  a  Raven  White,  or  black  a  Swan : 
For  if  thou  fliouldft  like  to  thy  felf,  rubb'd  ore. 
Give  All  for  Motelefs  that  comes  Thee  before^ 
I  might  fufped,  f  that  juftly)  whilft  thoU'rt  fct 
To  me  'n  Diameter  for  Counterfeit, 
So  horrid  black  my  Confcience  doth  prefent 
My  Guilt-complexions  Night  Firmament, 
Not  Tinccl'd  with  one  Star  of  Grace,  or  Spark 
Of  Goodncfs,  but  Sin-clouded  o'r  and  Dark. 
How  fhall  I  then  prefume  to  Claim  a  right 
In  any  Dawn  of  Mercy  and  of  lights 
Unlefs  My  Faith  give  credit  for  the  Loan  5 
And  fo  Gods  Son  lend  from  th'Refleftion 
Of  His  Bright  Merits,  fo  much  power  to  fay. 
My  Pardon  s  feal'd,  and  Night  is.turn'd  to  Day : 
And  then,  and  not  before,  I  may  fcem  dreft  , 
When  His  Great  Favour,  my  Great  Sin 's  confcft. 


Sbamd  hy  the  Creature. 

T^He  Thankfuil  Soil  Manured  and  Winter  Dreft , . 
-^  Returns  the  Hinde  an  A  utumn  intcrcft 
For  all  His  care  and  Labour :  nor  denies 
To  bcuncloath'd,  to  deck  his  Grainaries  : 
So  doth  the  Youthful!  Vine  thofe  Prunings  own, , 
When  as  her  Blo0bmcs  arc  to  Clufters  grown  ^ 

Nor 


(47) 

Nor  (to  ihew  thanks)  doth  fpare  her  blood  to  fpill, 
That  fo  the  Planters  Veflcls  She  may  fill. 
This  Vegetable  Lcfture  may  indeed 
Caft  a  Blulh  o'r  me,  whofe  return  for  feed 
So  far  fals  ihort,  as  not  for  every  one 
To  bring  an  Ear  •,  but  for  a  whole  Scafon  none , 
No  not  that  Corn  again  was  left  in  truft, 
And  Harrowed  up  under  My  barren  Duft : 
But  pregnant  Nature  doth  fo  rule  and  rai^n, 
That  with  wilde  Oats  She  Choaks  the  better  Grain ; 
And  where  My  GratefuU  Heart  Ihould  dye  my  Prefs, 
It's  all  Befmeared  with  unthankfulnefs. 
Nor  can  a  Thought,  a  Word,  or  Ad:  proceed 
Out  of  My  Clay,  that  turns  not  ftraight  to  Weed : 
And  for  My  Fruits,  ere  Ripenefs  is  begun. 
Abortive-like,  They  wither  in  the  Sun 
Of  Self-Conceit :    Lord  prune  once  more  this  Vine, 
And  PlowthisGroundjlcft  the  Figtrce's  doom  be  Mine.  Luk,  13.7. 


To  Man^  on  hn  frail  Condition. 

Y^Hat  permanence  to  Earth  or  Clay  is  due, 

Fond  Man  confider,  for  that  Emblems  you  : 
This  Day  brings  humane  flefh  under  Death's  yoke  ^^^'*'  ^^^^ 

And  yefterday  I  faw  a  Pitcher  broke.  '  ^^n  viSy  &c. 

Our  Forms  are  different,  Subftances  the  fame: 
The  fubtil  Artift  doth  both  Veffels  frame 
For  Honor  and  the  Contrary .,  and  thus 
Our  great  Creator  moulds  and  fafliions  us. 
If  we  would  then  our  Makers  praife  fet  forth, 
We  Ihould  take  Care  to  become  Thofe  of  worth. 

G  ne 


C48; 

The  Fallacy  of  the  onttvard  Man. 

A  Re  we  awake,  or  doe  our  Eyes 

^^Onely  with  th'Gloworm  fympathife. 
To  light  the  Pifmire  to  his  bed. 
When  it  through  toil  and  labour 's  wearied  ? 

Doth  not  the  Bank  of  Mofs  appear 
Crifpt  up  in  Moon-fliine  far  more  clear^ 
When  Argm-^yA  with  many  a  Mitcf 
It  waits  upon  the  Goddefs  of  the  Night  < 

Have  not  the  wanton  Fairie-Elves 
Their  Torch-bearers,  Light  as  themfelves,- 
That  with  our  Fancies  fport  and  play, 
Untill  they  lead  us  quite  out  of  the  way^ 

Cannot  a  Spangle,  Pin,  or  Bead, 
By  Candle-light,  int' Error  lead  • 
And  reprefenting  Treafure,  chime 
A  ftooping  to  the  Mat  or  Bord  for  th'  fame  ^ 

'Tis  from  no  other,  but  from  hence 
That  whilft  alone  with  th'outward  fence 
We  doe  behold,  and  not  witli  th'Minde, 
Weareafleep,  orweareblinde. 

Awake  and  See ;  Let  Sin  no  more 
Lock  up  the  Window  and  the  Dore 
To  thy  fair  apprehenfion  (Soul,) 
But  let  its  own  allurements  give  Controuh 


Let 


(49) 

Let  this  falfe  treafure,  vapour,  Ipark 
Of  candid  dew,  Ihine  in  tne  Dark, 
And  the  Bcjewel'd  worm  Efchew 
The  morn,  left  that  her  Diamonds  prove  untrue. 

But  Let  Thy  Luftre  Foyl-Iefs  be, 
And  fo  prefent  the  Day  to  thee  ; 
Let  Sparks  of  Grace,  and  Truths  hght  lleer 
Thee  to  Contemplate  Thy  Lord  Treafurer. 

Who  not  on  Bords  or  Mats  did  lie , 
But  did  Inftall  Humility : 
Whilft  in  the  Chambers  of  the  Inn 
One  fpics  a  Bead,  an  Other  fees  a  Finn. 

He  is  that  Light  which  doth  convay 
All  wife  men  to  th'eternall  Day, 
Whilft  Fools  by  falfe  Illufion  s  fire. 
As  in  the  Dark  flip  into  Dirt  and  Mire, 

'Twas  He  alone  5  whofe  wounded  fide 
And  Hands  and  Feet  are  glorifide>, 
Whilft  Potentates  with  Jewels  hung. 
But  Barren  Mofs-banks  are,  and  filthy  dung. 

No  fweat,  no  Travail,  grief  nor  Pain, 
Did  His  Love  Shun,  to  win  again 
Thee  that  wer't  Loft :  [His  Mercies  Shon 
Far  above  th' Glance  of  Trueft  Diamon  . 

Wherefore  if  Thou  mak'ft  ufe  of  this 
Worms  Love  to  Raife  thy  thoughts  to  His  i, 
If  with  Induftrious  Care  Thou  bring 
Home  to  thy  felf  His  fuffering  ^  G  2 


If  by  reflediion  thou  return, 
Sighines  unfcign'd,  for  fighes,  and  burn 
In  Zeal :  no  Falfifi'd  delight 
Can  c'r  deprive  thee  of  thy  fight. 
But  with  the  eye  of  Faith  thou  Maift  behold 
A  Crown  Immortall  priz'd  'bove  pureft  Gold. 


Z^pon  the  limes. 

Wake  thou  beft  of  fence. 
Intelligence, 
And  let  no  Fancy- vapour  fteer 
Thy  Contemplation  t'  think  that  peace  is  neer, 

Whilft  war  in  words  we  doe  bemone> 
There's  nothing  lefs  left  in  Intention. 

£ngUnd  that  was,  not  Is, 

Unlefs  in  Metamorphofis, 

Changed  from  the  Bower  of  blifs  and  reft , 
To  become  now  Bellomes  Intereft, 

In  danger  of  a  Funerall  Pile , 
Unlefs  fome  happy  Sv/itt  means  reconcile. 

Which  how  to  bring  to  pafs. 

Beyond  Mans  hopes,  alafs. 
Therefore  be  pleaf 'd  (Jhow)  who  didft  make 

Atonement  for  His  fake , 
To  filence  this  unnaturall  fpell. 
As  Thou  didft  once  the  Delphian  Oracle. 


My 


My  Keformaion. 

If  all  the  Span  1 

Of  Dayes 

Lent  here  to  Man 
To  Pilgrim  in. 
And  in  Times  Kalendar  enrol'd, 

God  Ihould  but  Skan, 
What  might  He  finde  for  weight  and  Meafure, 
But  Pounds  and  Pecks  of  this  and  t'other  evil  •, 
No  one  markt  to  His  Praifc , 

But  fpent  or  fold 
For  Profit,  or  in  Pleafure  : 
Bywhole-fale 
Unto  Sin  ^ 
And  by  RetaiJe 
Unto  the  Flefti,  the  World,  the  Devil. 

If  the  Immenfe 
Goodnefs 
Did  not  difpenfe 
Its  power  upon 
Our  frailties,  that  like  Clay  or  Glafs 

Makes  no  defence 
'Gainft  Potters,  or  the  Glafiers  skill : 
What  could  we  promife  to  withftand  fuch  lofs. 
Our  Miferies  redrefs, 
Unlefs(^alafs!; 
His  Son  He  let  them  kill : 
SoHimfelf  t'pay 
That  by  One, 
Which  on  all  lay  •, 
And  t'expiate,  through  grief  and  crofst^ . 

G  3  Htre 


r50 


'■-•.\ 


Here  am  I  loft, 
n;v..     Sofmall, 
'    Yet  fo  much  coft. 
Wherein  the  debt 
Would  wcl-nigh  drive  into  defpair. 

Had  not  the  Moft 
Of  mebeendiofs,  and  fo  unfit 
To  take  the  ftamp  of  any  Grace  or  Good  5 
Untill  he  that  made  all. 

Did  to  repair 
My  Crackt  cftate ,  and  knit 
By  His  pain  ^ 
Wherein  met 
To  fet  again 
That  Breach  for  Balm,  His  precious  Blood 

Captives  ye  know 

Are  led 
Into  much  woe 
And  Sufferance', 
Untill  by  Ranfome  they  get  free 

Again ;  and  fo 
No  more  are  bound,  but  to  thofe  waj^es : 
Where  lies  my  bond  and  Obligation  then  1 
To  Sin  was  Cancelled, 

But  ftill  with  Thee 
My  Saviour,  whofc  Bayes 

O'r  Death's  fting, 
Hell,  and  Chance, 
A  Conqueft  bring 
To  fct  me  at  full  Liberty  again. 


Not 


(53) 

Not  what  I  will 
Tofpeak, 
Or  doe  My  fill. 
As  Appetite, 
Not  Reafons  Fefcue  fliall  direft; 

But  with  that  Skill, 
Thy  Gracious  Mercies  fliall  infufe 
To  make  me  truly  fenfible  of  thofc^ 
Whilft  I  the  Fetters  break, 

Andfodeted 
That  which  did  me  abufe. 

My  Young  years, 
Which  were  light. 
Too  void  of  fears. 
That  fo  I  might  the  reft  for  Thee  compofe. 


My  Clofe-Committee. 


H 


'Ow  bufied's  Man  ' 

To  feekandfindc 
An  Accufation 

Againft  all  thofe 
He  deems  his  Bodies  good,  or  Goods  oppofe! 
And  winks  at  fuch  as  Hazard  Soul  and  Minder 


Nothing  of  late 
Is  done  or  fpoke. 
But  either  King  or  State 
Concerned  are  5 
The  while  Each  'gainft  his  Neighbour  wages  War^ 
So  're  aU  the  bonds  of  love  and  friendihip  brokc. 

And 


(54) 

And  how  Comes  this. 

But  that  we  do 
Or  utter  what's  amifs 

In  every  thing; 
Making  Each  Fancy  Lord,  each  Will  a  King, 
And  all  that  Checks  not  Reafon,  Trcafon  too^ 

Werc't  not  more  wife , 

To  lay  about 
Which  way  for  to  furprifc 

That  Traitrous  band 
Of  Sins,  that  in  our  Eofomes  bear  command  5 
And  entertaining  Grace,  t'caufe  thofc  March  outc' 

Our  Luft,  our  Pride, 
Ambition , 
Or  whatfome'r  befide. 
Seems  to  give  way 
To  that  unjuft  Militia  and  Array, 
Bring  we  t'  our  Clofe-committees  inquifition: 
Thus  when  our  hearts  thefe  for  Malignants  brandy 
Commit  them  not, but  baniili  them  Thy  Land. 


Humiliation  mthont  Reformation ,  a  fonndation 

rvithoHt^iBtiilding  '^  Refermation  rvithout  Hnmilt- 
ation^  a  Building  rvithout  a  foundation. 

BEft  Architcfts  whether  in  Brick  or  Ston, 
Caft  firft  to  lay  a  fure  Foundation, 
Then  raife  the  Fabrick  •,  Confident  hereby 
T'  affign't  a  term  of  perpetuity : 

""  Whilft 


C55; 

While  Leffer  Artifts  failing  of  that  Care 
And  skill,  ered  them  Caftles  in  the  Aire, 
An  Element  unconftant,  which  betrayes 
To  Ruine  whatfoever  there  thofe  raife. 
Such,  and  no  Other  are  They,  fo  profefs 
To  add  by  Reformation,  happinels  -, 
Yet  want  the  Bafis  for  to  build  upon 
To  make  it  laft.  Humiliation  •, 
When  others  feemingly  call  on  the  flore. 
Yet  are  reformed  no  better  than  before : 
So  here  Foundation  without  Building  is. 
And  there  a  Building  on  a  Precipice. 

Wherefore  let  me  be  humbled  firft;  and  then 
Reform  fo,  as  never  to  fin  agen ; 
Blending  thefe  two  together,  with  intent 
To  Build  an  Everlafting  Monument. 


A  CarrolL 

A  Wake  dull  Soul,  and  from  thy  fold  of  Clay  Luh  2 .     ^ 

'•'Receive  the  blefled  Tydings  of  the  Day :  8.  10. 

Not  of  a  Foxes  Cubb,  whofe  guile  might  be  13« 

A  promife  of  fucceffive  Tyrannic.  32. 

Nor  o'th'  Viflorious  Eagles  farr-fpread  wing ,  ^.  i. 
The  chiefeft  of  the  Worlds  parts  covering  : 

But  of  a  Lamb  that's  yean'd,  a  Childe  that's  born;»  ^^^^^  i  •  ^^ 

No  Spedlacle  of  Glory,  but  of  Scorn ;  -^^^^  2. 

For  in  the  houfe  of  bread,  This  Bread  of  life,  1 7* 

For  us,  is  come  to  lofeph  and  his  wife ;  ^  ^  • 

And  though  the  City  David's  were,  therein  ?• 

His  Son  no  Throne  Poffefles,  but  an  Inn.  4*  J^ 

H  There 


C50 

There  thou  maift  finde  him,  at  whofe  mcan^lowbirth, 
Tlic  mighticft  Potentates  of  all  the  Earth, 
Nay  Oracles,  are  filcnccd  and  gon, 
Nor  longer  ferve  the  Devils  delufion. 
The  Delphian  Fiend  confclfes,  He's  o'rcome. 
And  by  an  Hebrew-born-Childe  flrickendumb. 
j)jofj^         The  Letters  of  th'Old  Law  effaced  are, 
Stiidas        Down  falls  the  Statue  of  great  Jupiter, 
Niccpho.     With  th'Twins,  and  their  nurfing  Beaft  ;  which  fliour 
Of  Prodigies,  roufe  up  the  Emperour, 
Whothusfarrin  the  dark  could  fee,  t'ercd 
In  honor  of  th' Almighty  Archited, 
An  Alrar  in  the  CapitoU  to's  Son 
Firft-born,  with  the  fole  dedication. 

If  Light  thus  thorow  darkncfs  ilione,why  is*t. 
That  thou  who  haft  the  Gofpels  beams,  the  mift 
Of  errors  canft  not  diflipate,  but  ftill 
Becom'ft  Idolater  in  doing  ill  < 
How  doth  thy  Pride  and  Envie  hatch  deceit. 
And  fond  Ambition  raife  thee  in  conceit 
Tfnlm  44.    Of  thine  own  worth,  when  all  fuch  honors  can 
20.    But  drefs  thee  up  more  ftately  Beaft,  no  Man  ^ 
The  Serpents  brood  like  Twins  doe  alwayes  ParCp 
Whichby  Thy  bcwtftly  humors  foftered  are  : 
Thy  tongue  no  more  thy  hearts  crofs-row  doth  fpell^ 
-Than  if  thou  were't  an  Other  Oradc : 
Be  filent  then,  nor  longer  more  prophane 
i  Cor.  6.    That  Holy  Temple,  for  which  thou  art  tane  5. 
J p  *    But  let  the  Lambs  blood  wafli  away  the  ftains 
And  Charadiers  were  written  in  thy  veins 
By  thy  firft  Parents,  and  which  fithence  thou  haft 
By  thy  Endevours  into  Volumes  caft^ 

Throw 


Throw  down  thy  felf  for  Hirn  who  meekly  cime 
Into  the  world  for  thee,  a  Childe,  a  Lamb, 
Born  to  be  Slain  for  thee,  yet  ilain  before. 
To  make  the  Vi(ftory  and  Conqueft  more. 
Humility's  a  Childe  •,  a  Giant,  Pride-, 
Goliah  from  the  hand  of  David d^i^c  : 
So  though  like  Foes,thy  ill  Affections  grow 
Unto  immenfity,  a  Powerfull  throw. 
Out  of  the  Sling  of  Faith,  of  Hope,  and  Love, 
May  all  that  Monftrous-uncouth-brood  remove. 
Then  maifl:  thou  raign  without  fufpition,  free 
As  Pharaoh  did,  till  this  Nativitie :         • 
Then  fliall  Thy  Confcience  Oraclifc  thy  Fate, 
Than  was  Angufiufes  more  Fortunate  ^ 
Nor  in  the  Capitoll,|but  in  thy  Hart 
Ered  an  Altar  to  Him,  let  e^ach  Part 
Exprefs  thou  art  awake,  and  feeing  canfl  tell^ 
That  now  Salvation's  come  to  Ifrael.  iFfalm  iL 

II. 


In  Pneros  Bethlehemitieos  qnos  Her  odes  mortc   Mat.  z,i6. 
Chrijlz  canfa  mnltavit.  -  c 

iNnocuis  nocuit^  lush  dum  Injujla  minatur^ 
Jnfanda  Infamum  Lmrca  Fc^na  ddbat. 


H  2  % 


My  Handkerchief  to  dry  my  eyes  after  the  lojjh 
of  a  mofi  dear  Friend. 

T    Ord^  fithencethebeft 
^  OfThine, 

Their  Portions  hat^e 
Of  Sorrow^  SicknefSj  and  the  Grave : 
Why  fliOLiId  the  worft  repine. 
Though  Thou  lock'ft  up  their  chiefeft  joyes  in  reft^ 

Joyes,  here  but  Lent, 
And  fo 
That  we  can  fay, 
W'  enjoy  them  for  a  day, 
'Tis  of  meer  Mercy,  when  for  all  we  owe. 
The  Landlord  muft  diftrain  to  have  his  rcnt»^ 

This  the  unthrifty  courfe  we  take. 
Begets,- 
Whilft  Pity  mov'd,  he  tells 
Us ,  He'll  repair  our  tottering  Cells, 
And  quite  ftrike  off  our  former  debts  , 
If  with  Contentment,  thankfulnefs  partake. 

Theft  againft  fadnefs  are 
An  Antidote, 
Preventing  its  Cold  Poyfon,  and 
A  heat-allaying- Julep,  where  Thy  hand 
Doth  Thy  difpleafure  in  a  Fever  note : 
TJiey  ftyle  the  Grave,  whether  'tbe  near  or  farre, 
T'be  but  a  Bed  •  wherein  when  all  mufl:  flcep. 
Let  them  reft  envy'd,  for  our  Sins  we'll  weep. 

On 


(5P) 
On  the  TrotQ-Martyrs  Death. 

T^Hey  w'r  of  Deucdions  race,  coiildbe  of  no  other, 
'*'  Who  fton'd  St.  Stefhen^  Fyrrha  was  their  Mother. 


In  Efiphaniam^  fiz^e  maniftjiationem.  Pp/.  148.3, 

J^Um  mdnifefla  Novo  Chrifti  qu^  Gentwtis  Ajiro 
Lux  hodierna  refert^  Ajlra  loc^u^ntur  Ave,    . 

'  "     '  ■ 

A  Morning  Fancy  upon  recovery  from  fickle  (?^and 

the  hirth  of  a  Son  at  the  fajm  time . 

'\J\  Ark  but  the  Sluggards  fiiamc,  the  Charxge 
XV±\^Yhere  Pifmires  numeroufly  doe  range  5- 

And  you'll  conclude^  no  fight  fo  quick  to  tiy 

Diftinftion  in  Thofe  Creatures  induftry. 

See  but  a  fhower  of  Motes  that  feem  to  beat 
Some  bufie  Traffick  in  a  Sun-beams  heat  : 
Then  tell  me  what  eye's  fo  diftinftiall. 
As  for  to  fingle  One  out  of  them  all. 

This,  and  much  Lefs  is  Man,  whofe  numerous  fry 
Fills  the  world  to  preferve  pofterity  : 
And  yet  there  was  an  Eye  both  frown  d  and  fmil'dj 
A  Sicknefs  here,  but  there  a  Lovely  Child. 

Singling  out  One,  to  iliew  at  once  the  room, 

Where's  Mercy  do  His  Judgments  overcom  : 

And  when  the  Fatherly  Chaftifement's  don, 

Crowns  him  the  joyful!  Father  of  a  Son.  What 


C6o) 

What  can  be  here  return'd  1  the  full  expencc 
Of  :i  whole  Summers  toyi  and  providence. 
Or  fuch  apack  of  lighter  Merchandize, 
As  in  the  Sun  deliglit  to  cxercife  ^ 

Thefe,  and  no  better  are  what  we  can  raife. 
To  lliew  our  thanks,  (living  a  heart  of  praife. 
Which  God  Himielf  muft  give  j  and  then  *t(s  no  more^ 
Than  t'borrow  of  one,  to  pay  the  fame  a  fcore. 

Yet  Lord,  here  be  my  Creditor,  and  lend 
A-  Soul,  that  may  fo  much  to  Thanks  pretend  : 
That  whilft  it  feeks  thine  own  but  to  rcftore. 
Thou  by  acceptance  maift  create  it  more. 

From  God  to  all  Princes  for  moderation  in 
taxing  their  SubjeSis. 

■"T^Hough  ftyled  Gods,  yet  maift  ye  die  like  men, 
^  Saith  God  the  Lord  :  Hear  what  he  fpeaks  agen, 
Whofe  Children  if  yould  all  accounted  be, 
(O  Ifraels  Princes  j  leave  off  cruelty  : 
E\ek,^')  .p.  And  let  your  judgments,  Juftice  fo  put  on. 
That  there  be  no  room  for  Opprelfion  : 
Neither  exad  from  thofe  Avho  call  you  Lord, 
More  than  your  needs  require,  their  powers  afford. 


ic  or. 1.3 1.  %)eYbnm  Dei  manet  in  ^ternnm. 

rfalm  105, 

119.  Jj^tari  in  Domino  juvet-,  ^  cum  LttbricA  turbenty 
Pfil.  8.6.  ^  oUmen  Vcrbnm  Noife  diequefrntm. 


Ut 


Vt  (it  &  Cogitationihm^  Verhifque^FaSiifque 

frGfitim  Omnifotens. 

GReat  God  in  whom  all  Juftice  raigns 
And  Truth, 
Let  not  the  reins  of  youth. 
So  flacken  in  me  ftill, 
T'enthrall  and  Captivate  my  thoughts  to  11]^ , 

Much  lefs  my  Deeds :  but  as  thy  Son 
Begun 
Where  Solomon 

Laid  S ton: 
So  make  thy  houfe  my  hearty 
^nd  fcourge  out  of  it  each  Mechanick  part» 

Neither  let  words  that  die  when  fpoke^^. 
Provoke 
My  Soul  to  think, 
Theylfink 
Into  Oblivion, 
As  foon  as  They  are  utter^^d  and  gon. 

Place  a  Sentincll  before 

My  dore. 
That  by  my  Tongue 
be  fong 
No  Anthem  but  Thy  Praifc, 
Nor  let  it  ever  fend  forth  other  Layes. 


Thus 


Thus  may  my  thoughts  and  words,  which  uiher  on 

My  Deeds  to  Adion , 
By  Thy  Divine  Power  purg'd  from  th'  drofs  of  Sin, 
Pave  me  a  Golden  Trad:  to  Progrefs  in : 

Which  if  thou  crown  with  Grace  too,  let  appeer 
Dormant,  yet  watchfiill,  ccafing  never  hcer. 


Non  eSi  bonnm  Indere  cnmfanSlki 

QUnis  Caro  moritur  ^ 
Mai.  4.  2.  Et  Sol  Iufiiti£  Oritur^ 

Luke  1 .  78.  freftrcns  Sanitatem^ 

Jfu6o.i^2,  ^i  volumm  ^ 

In  Alls '^ 

Qttdtn  Colimus 
In  mdlts, 
Ideo  §ni  tmct  Omen  Inferni^ 
Metuat  Nomen  Mterni'^ 
Et  ahfn  pr£vancm^ 
Si  veils  SanarL 


Ad  Angliam  in  quiuti  No^embrii 
Eemm  AnnoaUm. 

pEjltm  quid fr  of  eras  Infula  ?  quidBiem 

Commemormone  dignam  extftimes 
St  Hanc  fr^tereas  ^  in  qua  Mtramlts 
Acid  est  henignitas  Liberationism 
Q^ialem  qui  comfaret  Antiquis  feculls^ 
^arcm  inveniat  nufquam  in  Atavis^ 

Gigantum 


r^5; 

€igdntum  licet  repetdt  Fabidam , 
^a  Cesium  If  fu?7i  JlultitiafetitHr  '^ 

Mom  [ufer  Momem  fdUm  ojieniitur, 
Ajl  h\c  ad  Centrum  ufque  ^  Infer n^f 
terrarujn  nigral  itur  Cavernas  : 
Monet  aperta  front e  malities^ 
Sedc^cajugulat,  neque  a  pendente         ,.,  _  ,_. 
MalOj  quam  a  per iculo  latent  e  t\\\*)V/jT 

Tarn  dirum  Nefas  3  mumt  Conditio 
I»  qua  fr^valida  fiet  admonitio. 
Serpens  Innocum  dummodotuendus^ 
^jioniam  ReptHis  faalefugiend/i^        ;  •.  $i\\v;\>v\VL  •:i^c':\. 
Herharum  fub  umbra  condttu^  metuendt^*;\-^^-^\^ x'^^-^^'^x\^ 
Cut  nee  dipmtles  Dolos  fm^e 
Hos  fubterraneosy  ^9s  latuJ(fc 
Ufque  ad  FigiliamDieifefi:i,-^  \^\\^\<^,  l 
Memmeris  in  qua  ManifeUi  -  '      ^ 
Am$r is  Di'vini  fdtuere Radii,  -s:  ^:;  ^v^  \^.>  -    ^;., . -^-r 
O !  fi  mihtfaveat  Arcadia 
Terra  y  vel  Nemus,  ut  inveniam  in  Illk 
^ibufcum  notare  Dtem  :   LaptUls^ 
UtimosFeterum,necmihiRubr$ 
TinBmfit  Calamm  atramento^ 
Cum  Luceat  Dtes  ^  afanguine  Liberate  : 
Nigroque  earhone  notata 
ISIufquam  Conveniat-^  mm  licet  Atra  ^^ 
Machinatio  If  a  (^  Tartarea  .  .  '       /  \^* 
Frtiflavit  Banc  Bominus^  (jr  Tenebrarum 
Orcumfugavit  Lumine  Gratiarum, 

Tutior  Anglia  ut  in^pofierumfies 
Cordibus  Gratis  not iitur  Dies. 


Ouid 


C^4) 

Quidmaxime  femperin  "ootk  babe  at. 

1/Otis  ft  fdvemt  numlm  fervtdi^ 

PeccAtis  rlaceant  fanere  -,  qudnmlmt 
Fana  Ttmforis  dr  cederefofieris 
Vitx  Limitihus  velint 
Texetur  Melieribus 
Telu'  in  addant. 

Centemftu  in  haheat  Sfltndida  Secnlc  in 
Hoc  Nugalia  :  nam  in  Fejpere  Condita  ejt 
Aurora  facies^  nee  rugtt  amphus. 

Cum  Nox  adfuerit  Dies 

Let  hi  ^  ftc  Thalamis  modo 
Dormiet  Omnia* 

mm  m^ne  eji  fugiAt  Mnchina,  Tartaric 
Hec  in  Meridiem  S$rdida  c&ntrahxt^ 
Vej^ertindque  tmc  Temfdrdeonffjcit 

L£tU6,  ludiciam  ctifity 

SferatCcelica^  atTmfr^bus 
Altera  fuadet. 


Times  Mintage. 

OF  all  the  fcattercd  Brood, 
Or  Brotherhood, 
Drawn  from  Creations  line. 
To  Blazon  Providence  divine  5 
The  Worm,  the  Snail, 
The  Ant,  the  Fly, 
Bell:  make  difcovery 
What  Adam  did  entail 
On  His  pofterity. 


r^5; 

To  dwell  with  Duft  and  Clay, 
Which  Symptome  may 
Mans  Low  condition. 
That  without  intermiilion 
Heaps  up  with  cai'e 
What  here  is  got^ 
And  Ignorant  knows  nor, 
Thefc  Tranfitory  are. 
Nor  fhall  endure,  but  rot. 

What  was  Domitians  game , 
Orth'Sluggards  ihame. 
The  Bloodlefs'creeping  beaft 
Carries  his  houfc  wherein  to  reft, 
OrLeglefsonc, 
But  Emblemer 
Of  frailty  ,  would  infer 
Danger  to  be  trod  upon 
By  every  PalTenger. 

And  doe  we  break  our  eafc , 
To  follow  thefc  < 
Fly  at  preferments  pitch  5 
And  adding  to  our  heaps  grow  rich 
In  Muck  and  Slime  ? 
When  'tis  our  Soul 
Immonall  ihould  controul  y 
And  fo  Calcine  our  time 
From  all  fuch  drofs  to  Gould. 

Which  by  afflidionstri'd, 
And  worldly  croffes  purifi'd, 
Our  Great  Redeemer  will  apply 
His  ftamp  to  give  it  currency.        I  2     /;» 


(66) 


Luke  1 6. 


Dives  Sl^t:dAm  Ifigens,  fednondt^m  Nomine  Dignm^ 
Purpureo  DcccrAtm  traf  •,.  VuluqH^  ^^f^^^^ 
Caudet dr  Afd^iis D^fihMs.  mcjumft'ibt^  ttUis 
farcitnr.lngtuviem  ^ei^  fopt  pafcerc  Fcedam, 
SedMare  Corjfubttir  Tot  urn  y  '&  Icngincjua  Potejlas 
Terrdrum  excutitur  :  nee  non  Junonia  Regm    .  rf 

Addunt  IngenHtiCJimuUtimfmrnuMeyifi^  : 
Nee  deem,  nifi  TlAmmtferms  Igmfquefuturmi 
Moritium  Jp  tarnen.^^^m  Lethalifepulm  \.  --[cri^ 

Btcitur-^^^^-^  ml  alitidr^i^r  .   . .     ,  .; 

Pduper  dr  Alter  eratj  grmlk  ^em .  hieeea  feddit 
Spe^mdum  Chmtate  Magis^  nudijque  lacertis, 
Fri^idm  ante  fores,  procujuhtns  J)i^ftUyP0n^\{^ 
Solttitm  a  C ambus  Lambent ih'Hstpf Met ur : 
{Non  etemm  blando  hoe  CAptmda  eft  gloria  fedo) 
MortuHs  eft  etiam  :  Sed  ^eis  diftrimine  vita 
Dipmilis  Fortumfnity  His  Mortk  &  idem  : 
Nempe %  ^cdinfagilk  gmdetur  tempore  mundi 
Vertitur  tn  Lachrymal  •  Dtiripma  quique  fuhc 
Jllim  Jrbitria^  aceipit^nt pro  mmere  Peilm. 


% 


Vpon  the  Rich  Ghtton ,  aticl  Poor  Be'gger.    ..  P^rMe. 

THcre  was  a  Certain  Mighty  Rich  man,  had 
No  other  name  (in  Scnpturej  although  clad 
In  Purple  :  who  delitioufly  did  fare 
Daily,  for  which  there  neither  Coft  nor  Care 
Was  fpar'd,  to  feed  his  Gluttony  with  ftore, 
Of  what  the  Seas  could  yecld  when  Galed  ore  •, 
And  whatfome'r  both  Earth  and  Air  afford, 
Seem'd  Heaped  Tributes  to  his  quainter  bord : 
So  that  no  Element  to  his  defire 
Was  Niggard,  fave  what  was  referv'd,  the  Pire. 
Yer  this  man  Died,  and  on  that  flecpy  fcore 
Was  Buried—  and  no  more— - 

There  was  an  Other,  whomfpare  Diet  made 
More  fpedacle  for  Charitv,  being  laid 
Naked  and  Cold  before  the  Rich  mans  gatc^ 
Who  full  of  fores,  and  all  Difconfolate, 
Saving  from  what  the  licking  Dogs  apply. 
Concludes  all  this  \^^rlds  pomp  but  flattery  : 
Then  He  Dies  too.    But  as  in  life  thefe  were 
Nothing  akin  ,  fo  in  Diameter 
Death  Their  Condition  ftates,for  now 't  appears. 
What  here  was  fown  in  Joy,  there's  reapt  in  tears ; 
And  He  who  by  hard  Fate  was  here  oppreft, 
In  AbrAms  Bolom  finds  an  Intcrcft. 


A  Ret/eille  Matt  in  to  my  beft  Friend. 

T    Ord,  when  the  Cafements  of  Mine  eyes, 
'*-'  To  welcom  in 

The  Morn,  firft  opened  are; 
Grant  that  my  Heart  may  early  facrifice 
To  Expiate  for  Sin, 
Prepare ; 
And  muftring  up  Thy  Favours  and  Its  Crimes, 
Caihiere  the  One,  let  th'other  ftand  enrold 
To  evidence  at  full  that  Time  of  Times 
Wherein  Thou  Ranfom'dll  me,  who  once  ^vas  fold. 

Let  all  the  Drowfic  Vapours  preft 
My  Fancy  down, 
Difpell  and  give  it  way 
To  rife  betimes,  and  to  be  better  dreft ; 
So  Dignificand  Crown 
The  Day 
With  Anthems  may  fet  forth  that  Glorious  flame 
Thy  love  burll:  out  in ,  when  my  fault  was  fo, 
rd  line  for  e'r  benighted  in  the  fame, 
Hadfl  Thou  not  vanquiflit  and  o'rcome  my  fo. 

Caufc(rbefeechthee)  that  moift  dew 
That  falls  upon 
My  waking  Temples  trefs 
By  every  yawn ,  Thy  goodnefs  taught  to  fhew , 
An  Exhalation 
Exprefs, 

Obeying 


Obeyiflg  no  heat  Tave  what  did  proceed 

From  that  moft  Righteous  Sun ,  whofe  beams  alone 

Were  of  ful  I  Power  to  refine  the  deed 

Our  Parents  Drofs'd  by  their  Corruption. 

And  as  My  Armes  unfolded  ftand. 
To  fathom  out 
The  Latitude^  as't  were, 
'Twixt  the  Beds  either  fide  Meridian  : 

Let  my  Thoughts  fore  about 
That  Sphere, 
Unparaiieid  for  Grace  :  and  ftretch  to  be 
Embracers  of  tbofe  Mercies  did  extend 
Beyond  all  founding  Plummet  or  degree. 
And  thither  all  my  Kids  and  Fatlings  fend. 

Thus  tane  by  th'hand  by  His  whofe  felt 
What  mine  deferv'd, 
I'm  up  •,  and  ftraight  perceive 
The  Mornings  Birth  Bedew'd  with  his  whofe  fmelt 
All  of  Perfumes,  and  ferv'd 
T'  conceive 
Such  Raptures  in  Me,  that  no  part  nor  fenfe 
Could  be  at  quiet,  till  it  rofe  to  make 
This  Offering,  and  from  a  full  influence, 
Infpir*d  of  Love,  Dull  Thanklefnefs  t'forfike.. 


Now  if  my  Eyes,  my  Heart,  my  Head,  my  Armes, 
Embrace,  Contemplate-,feeling,  feeing  Charmes, 
Where  can  this  Exorcifm  trulier  flay, 
Than  on  that  Star  which  changed  our  Night  to  day  ^ 


Quid  Amabilins* 


If 


I  muft  needs  Difcover 
I  am  in  Love :  be  Chrift  again  my  Lover, 

And  let  His  Paflion  bring 
My  Actions  to  their  touch  and  cenfuring : 

Who  in  this  world  was  born, 
Liv'd  in  it,  and  was  put  to  death  with  fcorn, 

That  I  to  Sin  might  die 
Being  born  again,  fo  live  eternally  : 

Thus  f  1  no  longer  make 
Addreflcs  to  my  Glafs  for  this  Curies  fake, 

Or  that  quaint  garb,  w'hereby 
I  may  enchanted  be  with  flattery : 

Nor  on  Luxurious  vow, 
Becircling  Rofe-buds  feek  to  Gird  my  brow  5 

But  with  a  melting  thought 
Bring  home  that  Ranfom  whereat  I  was  bought. 

In  Contemplation 
Of  that  fame  Platted  Crown  He  once  had  on. 

And  when  my  Glove  or  Shoo 
Want  Ribbond,  Call  for  th'  Nails  that  pierc'd  Him  too  : 

Elfe  fircher  to  be  dreft , 
Borrow  the  Tmclure  of  His  naked  breft  ; 

Nor  wafli^but  in  Soul  Price, 
Then  ufe  no  other  bafon  than  His  Side: 

So,  up  and  r.Mdy,  think 
Hov;  He,  for  Mc,  low  in  the  grave  did  link, 

That  I  agaiii  might  rife    '  ^  "  ^"  ^  '»" 
Willi  Hun,  w^ho  was  both  Prieft  and  Sacrifice, 

To  make  atonement  in 
The  Diftrence  'nvixt  his  Fathers  wrath.  Mans  fin ; 

Whereto  it  muft  rem.ain. 
That  I  tl  iroueh  Faith  requite  this  love  again .  ^^^^^ 


'Aritudinc  relicta 


itatisfiu^mur  £tern!i 


Luke  24. 


TLuxuria  ^ 
Lihidiney 


Vhii  viter^wutpote  ad 
mortem  £t.rniim  dn* 
czntia^  &  Amphordtn 
ample  ^emttr  a^H£ 
Cdslefiif, 

f  in  nohifmetiffts  necemm  ^ 
KVi'Via  Re^urrecfi  acc^uiramus, 
^are  I    tYkitu  per  fcenitentiam  pra  peccato  in  nojlro- 
Z^Moripj^orum  Contcmptum^ 

Umui  per  bemvolentiam  humilitdtts  ipjtus 

I  or  i  am, 

(urn  habeamus^ 

sponjum  vtdcamus, ^  fi^^Unti  cum cikfti 


^J  ^^  %  in  fepulchro  Carnahbm 
g  \Arrogmm  &  deniq^m  ru^yetur  fini  (bintnaUbus. 
3  ;      Anj/tritid        ^  confuetw'  -^        j^ 


I     Avarttia^      ^y  confuetu 
^  1  Tranquillitati  1  conquieji 


hie 


\   (jrTyrannidc]^ 


funt  (^ 
cu  :Hu 
Anims 

nojlrji. 


f  de  talibus  dicippteJl>non  enim 

furrecti 

T  ^  ampliits^ 

ito  ita  Mortui  fuerint 

cum  Chrjfio  qnam  certifim^^  refurrex^ 


-      ■    .^«..     ^ jWace  this  after  Page  (7^) 

Yet  knows  more  than  he  fhould.  That  he  was  nak'd,  ^* 


K 


And 


Luke  24- 


ciuare< 


*qtiaritis?  • 


'No»  Hie 

'         ertim       . 

\        furreSfas . 


{Luxuria  ^      ^ 
Uhidine, 


Et  in  omnium 


I       OJ     1 


Sahatorem  c^ 
SalvAtienem, 


ArrogMtia  (^  I  demf.malorum  \B^  Veritatem  & 
Avaritid^     \  conflict udme     ■  "  ■    '-''"-* 


'^iTranquillit'atc  1  conqmefcamKs, 
[  (jrTyrannidel 


>-  j    Vitam, 
W  1  Jmmunitatem  ^ 
\_  JmmortaliMtm 


17)ef2h 
emm 


enique  quUquld  lonerum  ex 
emni  mptnifieentia  &fingtilari 
pravidemia  largirl  dignetur 
Omnipotenjy  peieri  conemur ; 
quid  aliud  nifi  vivenlem  iattr 
MortM)  qusrimi»  > 


Utitaq-, 


Mortii  antaritudine  relict  a      ^VuUvlumtnutpoie  id 

ritafalrcitatis  frmmir  aterna^  ^eitia,  &  Ampboram 
y  amphaemur      aqn/: 

Neqnimm  in  nohifmetiffis  nccemiu 
Ut  hinefcia  Re^urrecli  acquiramu^. 
Defcendamus  per  fcenitentiam  fro  teccatoin  nojiro- 

rum  if  forum  Contemftum, 
Ut  Afcendnmus  per  bemvolentiam  humilitdtis  ipftui 

in  Gloriam. 
Sic  rejfionfum  habeamtis^ 

Siuando  Sfonfum  'vidcamns,^ p^^'^„j^,i^„^/^,,jii 

Et  fepofitis  in  feptdchro  Carndibm^ 
Non  illic  Jperetur  fitti  f^iritttdthtts. 

1  .  ?      ^'^' 

Sedverius de  talibus  dicipptejr>non  enim* 

^  furreili. 

Fcelices  ter  ^  ttmpliiis , 
^i  Peccato  ita  Mortui  fuerint 
Ft  fmul  cum  Chrifto  quam  cert  if im  refiirrext- 
Tint. 


Kacc  this  after  Page  (70.) 


C70 

The  nccejpty  and  grounds  of  Faith. 

A  N  in  the  ftate  of  Innocency,  knew  G^n.  1. 16. 

Nothing  to  fearCwhom  all  things  were  fet  under) 
But  was  Created  by  perfedions  pattern,  ^^^-  ^*  ^  • 

And  fo  above  all  hopes  :  till  he  whofe  Pride 
Sent  him  like  Lightning  from  the  place  of  Blifs,  ^""^^  '^•'^' 

To  become  Prince  of  Darknefs,  Qwhich  alone  ^  P«'-  ^  4« 

Proves  Nurfe  to  Envie  and  Malicioufnefs :  J  ^'^'^  ^* 

Drownd  in  his  hopelefs  Fortunes, fecks  all  means  Kez/.ao.io. 

To  make  fond  Man  partaker  of  his  woe 

By  Deprivation,  not  of  Paradife  ^^^  3-  24« 

Alone,  but  of  the  glorious  Makers  prefencc ;  Cen.^.i6, 

And  of  thofe  Vifions  Bcatificall,  '  £2«i^i.5,iS 

The  Banifliment  from  which,  is  Held  to  be 
The  Chief  of  Torments  threatned  for  degree  \   , 
So  'twas  decreed,  to  fharpen  Satans  Crime, 
Sweeten  Gods  Mercy  :  t'  caufe  his  Comforts  lefs, 
Gods  glory  to  appear  by  much  the  more  • 
And  therefore  mark  how 't  fals  out  •,  Man  s  alonc^ 
So  God  provides  him  for  Companion  ^^^  2. 2c 

Part  of  himfdf ,  a  help,  but  fuch,  whofe  skill  Ge».'2.23,a 

Fit  to  receive  the  fubtil  Serpents  guile,  V^n.  5 .  I3 

And  help  to  cheat  too,  when  the  fubjed's,  Pride, 
Ambition,  or  the  likc^  what  erc^sforbidden  ^ 
As  ftraight  betraycs  him  to  the  greatfft  offence 
He  could  have  fain  in,  Difobedience.  5, 

Now  whilft  he  feeks  to  know,  hee's  Ignorant,  ^ 

Yet  knows  more  than  he  fliould.  That  he  was  nak'd,  y 

K  And 


10, 


And  fo  provides  him  Leaves  to  Cover  that 
Which  without  Leave  he  thus  was  ftript  into. 
Nor  rcfts  he  there  fecure  •,  it  feems  the  guilt 
Of  what  he  had  done,  prefentedasaglafs 
His  Souls  deformity  through  Nakednefs, 
In  not  beleeving  God,  f  whofe  Voice  but  heard) 
8^      They  Boldly  enter  Thickets,  though  afraid  : 
Hence  may  that  Paflion  count  its  age,  and  thcn^ 
What  antidote  prcfcribable ,  fave  hope, 
That  ftill  Looks  forward,  'Icfs  in  Promifes 
Which  calls  the  thoughts  back,  to  fee  what  fliall  come  r 
And  this  muft  work  by  Faith,  and  Faith  recall 
15,     The  firft  Seducers  Doom,  fto  be  o'rcome 

Heb.  1 1.  2.   ^y  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^  Iffue^  was  o'rcome  firft, 

W  hich  is  the  fubftance  of  our  wifh'd  Defires, 
i?/>»g.S.24,     And  Evidence  of  what  each  foul  admires, 
Jeb.  1.16.     Yet  fees  not,  though  thereby  Salvation's  wrought, 
2  Cor.  1.20.    And  Grace  to  win  it;  Ab  fence  prompts  the  minde 
Job.  3. 15,     Jq  Incredulity  •  till  fairhfulnefs, 
Lukei's.  2     ^^^u^ded  upon  thofe  Promifes  ne'r  fail) 
^     *   *   AflTures  it  felf  of  Pardon  and  forgivenefs, 

^6.    Through  him  that  was  accuf 'd,  condemned  and  died. 

Yet  Lives  to  try,  and  Judge  hereafter  all. 
Eom.  8. 34.    By  whofe  alone  fufficiency  of  Merits, 
iXim.  2, 5 .   And  interceflion  as  our  Mediator,. 

There  is  found  ground  and  Ankerage  for  Hope 
'S.fhf.2.^,     To  Stretch  the  Juftifying  Cable  on  5 

When  all  that  ever  from  our  fclves  proceeds , 

Avails  us  nothing,  but  t'  increafe  mifdeeds : 

Yet  as  a  Body  without  motion, 
Jam.2.26.    Or  fpirits  quickening,  fo  Faith  alone, 

Without  fome  operative  concurrences 

1$  Dead,not  Lively ,but  a  Dream  or  Shadow^ .      Chime* 


ChmtrA^  or  fuchlike,  wherein  we  feem 
To  have  feme  fancy-glimmerings  of  the  truth. 
Yet  not  belecvc  it ,  nor  fo  much  awake 
As  t'apprehend  Chrift  and  his  benefits : 
So  fuit  our  works  according  to  his  will, 
Whofe  will  it  was  to  fuffer  that  which  wc 

Deferved  had :  and  t'underc^o  the  wrath  i  "^H*  i»i^» 

We  juftly  had  puli'd  down  upon  our  fclves. 
The  outward  fenfe  prevails  much  with  our  nature,  Ephef,2.^. 

And  every  one  is  apt  to  apprehend 
Some  wonders  thence  :  from  Lightning^Thunder^Hail, 
The  ftormie  Winds  and  Tempefts  (without  doubt, 
Gods  warning-peece)  laden  with  Natures  Cartridge, 
Whereat  the  very  Heathen  fear  and  tremble,  Nero^  &c^ 

And  the  Meer  worldling  is  convinc'd  thereby 
To  think  there  is  a  God,  whilft  all  the  fruits 
And  benefits  the  earth  repays  him  with 
Por  all  his  fweat  and  labour,  he  afcribes 
Solely  to  th'Seafons  temperature  and  bounty. 
Not  thinking  in  whofe  Fifl  the  deeps  and  hills  arc  5  ?/*/,  95.4. 

And  Both  (for  Nature  couples  them j  impute 
What  ever  good  fucceffes  they  obtain^ 
Or  health,  ftrength,  wealth  enjoy,  to  Cafualty, 
Chance,  or  Good  Fonune,  (as  they  call  it  j  born 
To  tread  a  few  ftcps  here,  and  then  return 
They  know  not  whither,  they  beleeve  flill  well  ; 
So  how  they  fhould  beleeve  well,  fcorn  to  Learn  5 
When  on  the  contrary,  that  Soul  fubducs  Lal^^i.^e, 

The  motions  of  the  fcnfuall  appetite,  49> 

Which  caufes  furfet  upon  outward  means,  ^  ^> 

And  fixes  all  Imagination  5 ', 

Up  to  the  Throne  from  whence  all  blcffin^s  rain,  I  ^ 

Ki  '      And       '^* 


And  Chaftifcments  but  drop,  (yet  fo,  as  when 
They  mollific,  not  with  their  often  fall, 
They  furely  doe  confound  and  break  withall, 
Is  in  purfuance  of  the  Makers  praife, 
Luke  2:1  47  Andcontemplationof  that  work  of  Wonders, 
J^jr.  1 5,3  9.  M-'ide  the  Centurion  firft  think  of  God  : 

It  doth  beleeve  the  Sampler,  and  endevour 
To  work  it  ftitchby  ftitch,  whereof  fuch  Love 
John  1$  1  r.  Was  never  fhewn  before,  begins  the  Thred, 
ipbel'y.'i^  '  HamiUty  and  Meeknefs  feconds  it  ^ 
Tbil.  2.8.      Charity,  Patience,  and  Long-fufferancc 
Mat. II  29.  Winde  up  the  Bottom:  for  thefe  well  Caft  o*re. 
Job.  10.  11.  Will  perfecft  Faith,  fo  that  it  need  no  more, 
Kom.  2.  ^.    Jq  ^[(^  ^Q  hini  that  did  defccnd  for  Us, 

And  brin^  his  Mercies  down  to  take  that  rife  by, 
4/J/.4.  2.     Craving  his  Healing  Wmgs  to  Impe  our  Feathers^ 
That  fo  we  flagg  not  through  Lafinefs 
Towards  what  good  is,  nor  yet  make  a  plain- 
DifcGvery  that  our  quarry  ftill  is  earth  , 
But  like  the  true-bred  Chicken  of  the  Eagle, 
With  raif  M  up  Beak  behold  the  glorious  Sun, 
>  Ibid  That  Sun  of  Righteoufnefs,  till  all  the  Dark 

And  mifty  Vapours  that  our  fins  had  raif 'd 
Difpell  and  vanilli  at  his  Merits  Rayes. . 
Jer.  8.  22.    No  Balm  from  G  ilea  J  may  refrefh  and  heal 
The  feftercd  fores  of  our  Corruptions, 
But  fuch  as  that  Sammtan  applycs  : 
For  as  our  Leproufie  through  fin  was  grown 
To  a  more  cankered  Infeftion 
2lC/«g.5.i5,  T:hcnN^rnAn^  the  Ajfyr/ans^  zndGaheT^es: 

27!  There  mull:  another /^r^^;?  be  found  out 
Zicj^i^.u   To  work  the  cure-,  a  Purple  ftrcam  of  blood 

Flowing 


rzo 

Flowing  out  of  a  precious  faving  Side, 
To  waih  our  Souls  white,  when  apply'd  by  Faith  5 
Not  onely  Seven  tinges,  but  all  that  Time 

Alots  us  here  to  breathin  :  That  Difeafe  tKmg'y,2y^ 

Compared  to  fnow^  being  cur'djefumes  the  flefh  14. 

Of  a  young  Infant :  Here  an  Infants  flcfli  Luke  2,21. 

And  blood  not  fpaf  d,  procures  fo  bright  a  tindure. 
As  that  no  fnow  can  parallel  for  whitenefs, 
The  Lambs  blood-waflied  Robes,  wherein  the  Saints        Job  a, 29. 
Are  clad  here,  firft  by  Chriftian  faith  and  Grace,  2Uz/.i^.8, 

And  therem  dreft,  hereafter  enter  glory  •, 
So  thenceforth  ihall  we  promife  happinefs 
Unto  our  felves  in  each  condition^ 
When  our  AfTurance,  for  foundation, 

Harh  the  try'd  Corner- ftone,  and  all  the  fabrick  Ifa.  28.16. 

Is  pcdeftaird  upon  thofe  precious  piles  ^«^^'  23. 26, 

^  He  bore,  and  bore  him,  bidding  us  bear  after.  ^^'^'  ^-  ^* 

And  by  which  plenall  fatisfaftion,  ^**'-  ^  ^-  3^- 

The  Vials  of  his  Fathersnvrath  were  ftopt.  I^.  16.1. 

God  by  reproof  fends  Sluggards  to  the  Anr,  ^^^-  ^•^* 

Proud  Courtlings  to  th'  Riches  of  the  fields :  Mattb.  ^.28. 

And  why  lliould  we  not  think  that  we  are  taught 
By  Love,  to  love  again?   were  our  heans  iron,  Magws  Amo- 

A  Loadftone  might  attrad  them,  and  (fuch  Love  is  )         ^"  ^^^'• 
Doe  the  milde  Turtles  fo  engage  themfelvcs 
By  Natures  mandate.  That  the  lofs  of  one. 
Denies  the  other  benefit  of  Like^ 
And  ihall  we  not  refent  that  benefit 
•Our  Saviour  purchaf 'd  for  us,  quitting  Life, . 
To  make  ours  furc  for  ever^    Or,  how  is't 
We  can  forvive,  not  droop  and  pine  away , 
For  our  offence  Ovhich  was  the  caufe )  we  ouoht^  ^  /-•  „  -.  ,  - 

3  And 


C70 

1  C#r. 1 5. 21.  And  the  Dominion  that  lin  hath  o*r  us, 

Elfe  'tis  an  other  lefTon  Grace  inftrufts, 
Luke  34.  26.  And  that's  to  entertain  his  Sufferings 
iFii.2.2^.   As  our  enlargement,  his  Stripes,  for  our  healings  ^ 

Embracing  all  thole  Bounties  with  fuch  Souls, 

May  ready  be  to  melt  and  to  dilTolve 

2  Cor.  6.4.     In  tears  contritionall  for  their  Corruptions ; 

5>     Yet  raif 'd  witl  i  Comfort  of  fuch  Mercies,  Riches, 
^5     Be  fruitfull  in  the  works  of  Piety 

EpheCA^'z    Henceforth,  and  praifes  of  his  holy  Name 

-^Yl^io  is  the  Fountain,  and  muft  give  the  fame, 

Johfj  4. 14.    Qpji^fg  ^^^{^  Barttmeus  we  were  blinde, 

Gm,  2.7.       How  doe  we  not  perceive  the  Clay  we  tread  on, 
To  be  the  fubftance  whereof  we  were  made  : 
And  by  the  Sun  that  Attom'd  into  Duft, 
Tells  us  but  what  we  muft  diflblve  into : 
Or  like  the  Shadow  reprefents  us,  fee 
We  not  what  'tis,  and  what  we  all  fhall  bee  1 
That  in  obfervance  of  our  bubble  Thoughts, 
We  ftill  afpire,  and  make  our  Fancies  dance 
Within  the  Imaginary  pool  of  Pride, 
Or  fea  of  Self-conceit .  This  not  of  Eyes, 
But  dimnefs  of  the  Mindc  is  too  too  bad. 
Wherewith  bemifted  in  cur  apprehcnfions. 
We  dream  we  fathom  all  perfections , 
And  yet  but  grope  after  the  Icaft  of  truths. 
It  may  be  in  the  twilight  of  our  reafon. 
We  offer  at  obedience  to  inftrudiion, 
And  leek  to  be  inform'd :  If  what  we  hear 

John  3. 1,     Flyflot  beyond  our  pitch,(a  great  Profeffor, 
4-     Mailer  of  Ifrael,  once  was  gravelled 

Upon  that  Shelf)  and  'twas  through  lack  of  Faith  5 

Had 


C77) 

Had  he  but  had  fo  much,  as  t'have  compar'd 

With  that  leaft  Grain  of  all,  no  Mountain  could  Mm,  17.20, 

Have  bragg  d  of  firmnefs  'gainft  his  moving  power. 

But  to  fhew  truly  what  efteem  we  ought 

To  fet  upon  our  felves,  'tis  here  fct  down. 

When  the prophetick  Prince,  and  Prince  of  Prophets,     ^/^^^  ^2.^. 

Compares  his  Royalties  but  to  a  Worm  5 

And  by  the  beft  Authority  can  vouch,  Aiattb.  18.3. 

An  innocent,  and  little  harmlefs  Childc 

Is  plac'd  for  us  to  imitate  :  And  thofe 

Who  would  afpirc great  blelTmgs  of  falvation,  Jldaf.  20,16. 

For  to  be  Laft  is  Firft,  and  Firft  but  Laft,  Alatk  9. 35. 

Leaft  greateft,  greateft  Leaft  :  Epitomife  ^f*ke  9. 48. 

Our  felves,  and  we  become  voluminous 

In  Graces  Library ;  when  if  we  fwell 

With  pr  de  of  our  own  Worth,  the  fmalleft  vent 

Un-winds  that  blather,  blafting  our  intent : 

And  that  we  may  once  more  Example  fcan^  L«%  1 8, 1 1, 

Confider  th'Pharifec  and  Publican.  »2, 

But  if  all  thefe  not  fervc  to  break  our  fton  _   ,      3  • 

And  iron  hearts-,  mark  what  he  Rode  upon  Tfalm%^  10 

Into  the  City,  who  Salvation  brings, 

And  when  he  lifts  rides  on  the  Winds  fivift  wings . 

Doth  the  leaft  crofs  or  rubb  we  meet  withall. 

Set  our  whole  little  world  afire,  and  raifc 

Tempcftuous  motions  to  difturb  the  reft 

And  quiet  of  our  Souls  :   Prompting  revenge  ^T 

And  yet  behold,our  Food  and  Raiments  friend  ^fi*^'^  44«i  i* 

Ledtotheflaughter,  Dumb,and  tothe  Shearers  Job  ^1.20.^ 

Without  an  angry  Bleat  to  fticw  diftaftc!  ^-^'  ^^'^' 

Arc  we  lo  frozen-handed,  that  we  fear 

To  open  any  help  to  thofe  that  need. 

Upon  this  fcruple,  left  thereby  we  fcem  To 


To  break  the  Ice  for  Merit  to  ftart  out  at. 
So  feck  to  (hare  with  him  in  whom  all  Lies, 
Gil  < .  6.      -^^  ^f  ^^'^  Vncw  not  that  our  Faith  were  lame, 
I  Cor.  13-1.  Without  t  his  Grace  for  to  fupport  the  fame ', 
And  thvit  if  in  his  Name  who  fed  the  hungry, 
Cur'd  the  difeafed,  heal'd  both  Lame  anclBUndc, 
Adminiftring  f  whilft  here  lie  was  amongft  us) 
Lnhfi  1 9.  ^    ^''  comforts,  for  our  imitation 

And  pattern  to  walk  by  J  we  doc  refrefh 
Veut  IS  7    ^"y  ^^^  ^^"'^  ^^  Abraham  with  water, 
Mat,  2540.  A  Mite  or  Ragg  may  help  neceffity, 
LAe  \6.  9.   He  will  accept  it,  as  to  him  'twere  given. 
And  the  reward  or  recompencc  is  Heaven. 
Call  we  to  Minde  when  mov'd  to  any  wrath. 
How  many  wayes  we  daily  doc  tranfgrcfs 
Our  gracious  Gods  decrees,  who  as  the  farcell 
Or  mafter  Featherof  his  Mercies  wings, 
To  raife  them  above  all  his  other  Works, 
Abounds  in  Patience,  and  delays  due  Judgment, 
To  favour  our  Repentance  with  more  time, 
Mjt.  26.67.  'Never  forget  ting,  how  He  bore  the  Taunt 
Mjrkj^.S'^.  That  whited  Wall  caft  on  him,  nor  the  Buffet, 
Luke  12.  63,  Scourging,  or  Spittings  on,  all  that  difgrace, 

^4.  Envie,  and  Malice  could  contrive  for  us 
A/jr.i$.i73  Whohaddcfcrv'dnolcfs-,  and  then  perchance 
^^'  Such  LcfTons  may  procure  our  temperance. 
To  fuffer  is  a  double  kinde  of  phrafc. 
For  fo  he  did  that  died  for  us,  yet  ftill 
'Tis  through  his  fufferancc  that  we  are  alive. 
And  fuffered  to  enjoy  one  benefit  5 
Whilll  by  our  Evil  wayes,  what  in  us  lies 
We  crucific  the  Lord  of  Life  each  houre ; 


As 


C79} 

As  when  our  thoughts  forge  mifchief  on  our  beds,  ^f^l*  }^.  f 

Are  not  his  temples  Crown'd  anew  with  thorns  i 
O  ur  hands  that  fliould  be  open  to  Relieve, 
If  that  they  grafpe  more  than  our  own,  fo  thieve 
Or  work  oppreffion :  and  our  feet  are  fwift 
In  fhedding  Blood  too  ••   how  doe  fuch  again 
Nail  his  unto  the  Crofs^   our  tongues  are  tipt 
With  poyfon'd  Envies  and  Malicioufnefs, 
Falfe  lying,  flanders,  all  that's  impious. 
Tuning  our  Lips  to  Blafphemy,  and  loofe 

Unfavoury  talk.    Doe  they  not  fcem  to  fpit  John  19. 34; 

On  him  arirefli  <  tearing  that  window  open 
With  our  {pear-point=ed  Difcord,  that  let  in 
The  Gall-lefs  Dove  brought  the  true  branch  of  Peace 
And  Reconcilement,  whilft  from  thence  did  flow 
A  Crimfon  ihower  of  pure  Compaffion, 
And  fatisfying  Mercy  in  the  height. 
His  Side  (I  mean)  that  like  Noes  Ark  had  been 
Our  fafeties  from  the  Deluge  Vvto-  :i  bt  by  him. 
And  now  Remains  our  p^edg,  that  thofe  that  flie 
Unto  that  Sanduary  never  Die. 
We  through  oar  Natures  weaknefs.  not  of  power 
To  give  the  Leaft  of  Sr.fferings  rcliftance. 
Although  we  promife  fair,  as^eter  did. 
May  here  be  taught  to  truil  fo  far  to  Faith, 

Not  that  proceeds  from  vain  fecurity,  tul^  22. 33, 

Left  then  the  Crowing- Cock  give  us  the  lie  5  34* 

But  fuch  whereby  we  are  Regenerate,  Rom.  3. 2S. 

And  Juftify'd,  more  than  bare  Law  could  promife. 
As  to  o'rcome  the  great'ft  temptation, 

And  judge  the  Buffetings  of  Satan  Bleffings  5  Jlfattb.  4.  ti 

The  World,  the  wildernefs,  and  Every  high  8,  j,- 

L  Conceit 


(2o) 

Conceit  of  our  own  worths  we  are  tickled  with,' 

To  be  the  Mount :  Superlative  dcli.^nes. 

As  when  wepry  too  far  into  Gods  Ark, 

And  fift  thole  Myfteries,  'neath  the  Cherubs  wings, 

\A  e  feem  upon  the  Temples  Pinnacles. 

Thus  travailing  like  Pilgrims  here  a  while, 

Nothing  but  dangers  and  vexations. 

Allurements  through  enticing  change,  betrays 

Us  to  the  fnares  of  His  prccipit  ways, 

Whole  Art  dcftrudlive  by  enchantments  power, 

*  Seeks  to  encompafs  us  within  that  circle 

He  fell  himfelf  into  through  prefomption : 
Which  to  efchew,  whilft  Gods  long-fuffering^  patience. 
And  charity  fhewn  to  his  handyuvork  : 
His  meek  Humility,  and  chief  of  graces. 
Favours  us  with  forbearance  •,   Let's  come  home 

Whilft  'tis  to  Day,  (,for  who  can  tell  to ' 

p/;i;.P5.8.  ^vhom 

S.x^i^^^^-^^^  ^^''  ^^^^^^  IhaUbelongO  andinthat 

Slum  De:  t;idit  vmuiu  Superbum,         ^yay, 

//un.  Dies  videt  redwu  Jacentem.lbU.    ^^^^  ^^  ^^^  Prodigall  i'th  Parable, 

Ltihe^  15.13.  Seek  out  our  Fathers  face  with  love  and  meeknefs, 
1  ^>  And  we  are  fure  of  his  embracing  Armes. 
^9:>  Forthough  through  Natures  fubtilty  Ave  have  been, 
^^'  As  'twere,  hid  deep  within  the  caves  of  Eanh, 
Buried  in  Worldly  cogitations-. 
Km.').  6.  8.  The  Merchant  of  our  Souls  did  fpare  no  pains 

Nor  coft  in  myning  through  the  earths  dark  vains 
To  purchafe  us,  fo  brings  again  to  light. 
Yet  as  pure  Gold  requires  the  Finers  art. 
And  Diamonds  polilliing,  and  to  be  cut : 
So  here  He  pad  the  Furnace,  and  became 

Chief 


(80 

Chief  Jewe'ler,  for  'twas  the  Blood  o'th  Lamb, 

Not  of  he-Goats  could  ferve  5  and  if  we  grinde 

Our  felvcs  for  Sin  to  powder,  we'r  Refin  d 

So  as  at  firft  we  were,  unman  d  by  her 

Should  be  oar  help^  that  ftill  (lie  might  fo  prove 

God  brings't  about,  no  other  Veflell  feivcs 

To  entertain  a  ghcft  of  {o  great  price. 

As  that  muft  Ranfome  all  the  world  befides. 

But  of  that  Sex  •,  and  though  the  news  at  firft 

Strook  terrour  and  amazement ,  afterwards 

It  was  folc  Remedy  againft  fear :  for  as 

The  name  of  C^y^rtothe  Seaman  once, 

Prov'd  of  fecurity^fufficient 

To  make  him  put  to  Sea ;  So  here  the  Virgin 

Affurcd  that  'twas  Emmamiel  ilie  carryed. 

Gave  lofefh  courage  not  t'abandon  Her  •, 

But  cafting  Anchor  on  thofe  promifes. 

To  become  full  of  Faith,  and  by  what  ere 

The  Lord  fuggeftcd  In  that  Courfe  to  fteer. 

Thus  was  time  brought  abed  of  what  its  young 

And  tender  Infancy  had  onely  ihewn 

By  Revelation  to  the  Patriarchs, 

Prophets,  and  men  of  God  •,  and  which  now  paft, 

Upon  thefe  latter  Times.by  Faith  is  caft : 

So  he  that  was  before  all  time  begun, 

Came  in  the  fulnefs,  and  remairiS  a  Son 

To  mediate  with  the  Father,  that  our  fears 

Canceird  by  Faith,  we  might  become  Coheirs. 


7/^5.10.4. 

ThefacrlficcsofthcOId, 
bur  fhadow,?  of  the  New. 

A  Diamond  difTolvablc 
by  Goats  blood,  and  ro  be 
cut  wirh  rhe  help  of  its  own 
powder. 


Luke  1,2^, 
29. 


Sluid  Timet  ? 
Cdifarem  (y 
fortuna'Tiftum 
vebU,  Luca. 
Matth,i,2^y 
24. 


Gen,  12.3, 
I/J.7.14. 


>^«3. 15. 

J  Tim. 
I  Sam. 

2.5; 

17- 

26 

PM  3. 

6. 

L2 


Bom 


C80 


Bona< 


^Kegni  Terreni  ^PoteHas"^  CInfirmitas 

Honor    Qquibus  o^-jlgnomima 
DivitU  r   ^ommmrjPaufertas 


i 


^Regni  Ccelefiis 


Hsec 


.Temporaria 
)     fine 
Semfitemd. 


lilts. 


Joycs  Flitting  Pleafurcs,  Tranfitory  Lie, 
Accompanied  with  much  Infirmitie 
Below  here  :  whilft  without  th'  allay  of  wo, 
Heavn  for  eternity  doth  thofc  beftow. 


T^he  Bra'x»en  Serpen. 

npHe  world's  a  Wildernefs,  and  Man  therein 
^  Expofed  to  the  bite  and  fling  of  Sin, 
Whofe  wages.  Death,  from  that  fame  curfc  began. 
UlTiering  in  need  of  a  Phyfitian  : 
Then  did  the  Great  Creator  of  Mankindc 
(And  all  things  elfe)  a  ready Balfame  findc 
To  cure  thofe  wounds,  corrupted  Nature  fo 
Contraded  had  for  its  own  overthrow : 
Whofe  Mercy  by  a  Type,  at  firft  invites 
Unto  belief  the  ftiff-ncck'd  liraelites. 
Brings  Mofes  into  credit  as  they  pafs. 
By  fetting  up  a  Serpent  made  of  Brafs, 
To  foil  Sin  at's  own  weapon  ,  and  to  bring 
The  future  hopes  of  our  recovering 


By 


(85) 

By  Him  alone  who  lifted  on  the  Tree^ 

A  curfed  Death  endur'd  to  fct  us  free  5 

His  goared  Head,  Pieic'd  Side,  and  Hands  and  Feet, 

With  Crown  of  Thorns^and  Spears,  and  Nails  did  mcer,. 

That  we  might  tread  on  Carpets,  and  become 

Coheirs  with  Him  in  trueft  Elizium  : 

That  bitter  Cup  he  did  vouchfafe  to  pledg. 

For  us  whofe  teeth  by  fower  grapes  fet  on  edg. 

Were  almoft  helplefs'-/muft  incite  us  on^ 

To  feek  the  hquor  of  falvation. 

Tafte  Vineger  and  Gall  here  firft,  and  be 

Greatly  Ambitious  of  humihtie  5 

Caft  down  our  felves  for  him  was  raif 'd  for  us. 

If  we  defire  to  rife  Glorious. 

Bear  Crofle,  be.rob'd  and  hurt,  iliame  undergo, 

PafTe  from  lerttjalem  to  Jericho^ 

There  meet  with  theeves,  no  healing  hopes  we  can 

Expeft,  but  from  This  true  Samaritan, 


Good  Fridays  KeveiUe^  or  on  the  Pajjicff. 

Salutis   Cataplafmus. 

A/j  Ay  we  call  this  Dayes  task  to  minde, 

■^^-^    And  prove  we  to  each  other  ftill  unkinde  f 

Doth  Paifion  bear  o'r  Reafon  fway, 

Making  us  quite  neglecfi  this  Paflion  day  ^ 
Why  are  we  fuffefd  fo  to  err. 

As  not  t'remember  our  Great  Sufferer 
In  Praifes  due  c'  who  whilft  he  dies. 

Shews  what  He'd  have  us  doe  for  Enemies, 
Forgive  them  firft  •  forthusHefues 

Unto  His  Father  for  the  curfed  Jcwes : 

L  3  Nex^ 


Next,  whatfoever  CrofTes  come. 
To  be  like  Sheep  before  the  Shearers,  dumb  5 

Or  Lambs  unto  the  Slaughter  led 
In  Mecknefs,  not  with  fury  hurryed : 

Then  through  that  Conflid  he  endiir'd. 
If  humbly  we  beleeve  we  fliall  be  cur'd  •, 

For  it  falls  (liort  in  other  art, 
To  frame  a  remedy  for.fuch  a  fmart. 

As  from  the  fting  of  doing  amifs. 
In  following  Sin  to  death  here  heap'd  up  is  5 
And  to  apply  this  Plaifter,  lay  it  on, 
There  needs  no  Others  hand,fave  Faith's  alone. 


On  Eajier-day.         1648. 

Death,  where  is  thy  fling  -f 
Grave^  where  is  thy  vi^iorj  ? 

pj  Ach  thing  below  here  hath  its  day, 
^       As  in  the  Proverb's  faid  -, 
And  fo  it  comes  to  pafs  that  they 

Conquer  are  Conquered. 
For  He  who  for  mans  fault  affign'd 

Deaths  and  a  Graves  reward. 
Was  pleaf 'd  thofe  bands  for  to  unbind. 

And  fo  himfelf  not  fpar'd, 
But  iflliing  forth  his  heav'niy  throne, 

N^ouchfafes  the  Earth  to  blefs. 
And  became  here  a  little  One 

To  make  our  Crimes  goe  lefs : 
Not  that  our  difobedience  can 

In  weight  or  meafure  ilirink  ^ 


But 


But  that  this  Great  Phyfitian 

Before  us  takes  the  drink. 
That  bitter  Potion  we  had 

Deferv'd  to  quafF,  and  thus 
He  weeps  Himfelf,  and  becomes  fad 

To  purchafe  Joy  for  us. 
And  more  than  fo :  for  erery  one 

Will  for  his  friend  lay  do\^Ti 
Some  fpark  of  love  ;  but  he  alone 

His  Enemies  to  crown 
Refufd  not  Death-,  fo  deep  from  high 

His  Mercies  did  extend^ 
And  if  you  ask  the  reafon  why, 

'Twas  meer  for  Mercies  end. 
Yet  that  grim  Death  and  mouldy  Grave 

No  longer  be  His  Prifon, 
Than  He  himfelf  alone  would  have. 

He  'bides  not  there,  but's  rifen. 
And  if  we  would  as  Conquerors  rife 

With  him  who  vanquifh'd  thofe. 
We  muft  not  fear  where  danger  lies. 

For  Him  all  to  expofe : 
But  though  the  Grave  doe  open  ftand. 

And  perfecutions  reign. 
At  Hels  defire  and  Deaths  command. 

Look  on  our  Sovereign , 
His  Banner  doth  prefent  the  Crofs 

He  bore,  and  bare  Him  too 
For  us  •,  and  we  muft  count  it  lofs 

To  fail  what  he  did  do. 
Thus  Sin  and  Hell,  the  Grave  and  Death 

Muft  quit  the  field  and  fly^ 

Whilft 


(80 

Whilfl:  in  contempt  of  borrowed  breath. 

We'd  live  Eternally. 
Thrice  happy  day  whereon  the  Sun 

Of  Righteoufnefs  did  rife. 
And  fuch  a  glorious  Conqueft  won. 

By  being  our  Sacrifice  : 
And  as  unhappy  He,  that  iliall 

Not  finde  the  white  and  beft 
Of  Stones  to  mark  the  fame  withall. 

And  priz't  above  the  reft. 


To  Prince  CHARLES^  in  Aprill^  1^48. 

Ufon  the  hofes  of  his  Return^ 

SEems  not  the  Sun  more  Glorious  in  his  ray. 
When  as  the  Cloud  that  fhadowed's  blown  away  f 
Is  not  each  beam  He  darts  then  truly  faid. 
Of  triple  heat  after  being  fequeftred  ^ 
The  Crimfon  ftreaks  belace  the  Damaskt  Weft, 
Calcin'd  by  night,  rife  pure  Gold  from  the  Eaft, 
And  cait  fo  fair  a  Dapple  o'r  the  Skies, 
That  all  the  Air's  perfumed  with  Spiceries : 
And  fliall  we  think  when  Jealoufie  and  fear 
Are  out  of  Breath,  the  Day  of  hope's  not  near  i 
Doth  it  not  bloom  already,  and  untie 
That  ftubborn  knot  of  Incredulity  < 
When  bloflbmes  fall,  we  fay  our  Trees  are  fet. 
But  {o^  as  may  a  womb  of  fruit  beget. 
Thus  when  the  clumfie  Winter  doth  incline 
His  candid  Icicles,  fortorefigne 

To 


To  Flora  shtiuty^  and  the  Spring  drives  on, 

T'orctake  Maturity's  perfe(fiion. 

The  Cold  fo  tyrannifed  had  o*r  blood. 

Is  thaugh'dj  and  each  enjoyes  new  lively  hood  : 

The  Mariner  meeting  a  ftrefs  of  weather. 

That  with  his  Shro  wds  and  Tackle  iliakes  togethrr 

His  apprehenfivc  thoughts,  till  they  are  fpent. 

And  nought  but  Death  and  danger  reprefent : 

With  what  a  full  Sea  of  content  doth  he 

Making  a  Coaft  embrace  fecurityi* 

Thefe^and  much  more,  lUuftrious  Sir,  become 

The  IfTues  of  your  little  Martyrdome, 

With  whom  all  good  and  Loyall  hearts  did  bring 

Ambitious  heat  to  joyn  in  fuffering  ^ 

For  Seas  prove  calm  when  as  the  ftorm  is  ore. 

And  after  Cold,  warmth  is  of  Comfort  more. 

Beft  Diamonds  may  have  foyles  •,  miftakes  have  gon 

Toblemilh-  yetraif'd  difpofition 

More  fplendid  in  efteem  •,  no  more  to  fay. 

You  are  the  Apri/l  to  our  future  May. 


To  Eajier  Day. 

"^/y^Elcome  Bleft  Day,  whereon 

The  Sun 
(Not  of  the  Spheres  alone) 
Did  rife, 
But  that  of  Righteoufnefs,  who  fhon 
Our  True-Light,  was  our  Sacrifice. 

M  '    For 


C88> 

For  'thad  been  night 
With  us , 
Dark,  Evcrlafting,  Difmall,  Vaporous, 
Entail'd  from  ou'r  firft  Parents  Appetite  ; 

Till  by  the  Power  and  Might 
Of  this  Light  of  the  world,  our  Shades  took  flight.. 

Death,  Hell,  the  Grave 
That  ever  Crave 
And  never  fatisfi'd  appear, 
No  longer  their  Dominions  have, 
Sithencc  vanquifli'd  by  this  Conquerer,. 
Who  doth  enlighten  crery  faithfull  Sphere. 

Now  that  each  Orb  confenting  prove 
The  while , 
And  trulier  might  feel  thofe  comforts  move 

From  fo  Great  Light,  fuch  precious  love 
We  muft  refled,  and  back  recoil. 
To  fee  what  cither  hath  in's  Lamp  of  Oil. 

For  without  Doubt 
Their  ihare  is  Darknefs,  let  their  lights  goe  out : 

And  where  agen 
Ones  light  doth  fliine  through  vertucs  before  Men, 

'Tis  True  Divinity, 
Our  Hcwiv'nly  Father's  Glorifi'd  thereby, 

Solilo- 


QUid  m  Me  conjpicuum 
^^       Nifi  Vitium  1 

FeccAns  Ah  OrigimUy 
Non  vult  (idhuc  mfi  Male. 

Vile  Lutum^ 
Fit  Pollutum. 


(8p) 

Soliloquium  ad  Salvatorcm. 

QUid  in  Tua  facie 


Nift  Gratia 

SedquiTemj)US  ant ec edit 
In  Temp  re  Seiffam  dedit  5 

Sanguine  lavare^ 
Emundare. 


^/znam  efi  conceptio  Mentis?  vana^    Aji^  quod  car  0  factum  fuit 


Seu  Profhana: 

Verba  fed  (Heu)  nojlra  vent  is 
Parent  •  non rationi  Mentis : 

Facere  nee  quidquam  luhet 
Be  Illo^  quod  Tpfejubet, 

Verba 
Cor 


Verbum^  inflruit 

Dum  quod fcript urn  efi  loquuttu 
^ic^vincius^  ^  folutu^  : 

^i  pro  I II is  quos  creavit^ 
Nulla  p  at  t  denegavit. 

Facta 
Correcia 


Fac  firity 
^it  pro  fumma  Lande  , 
Vacuum  efi  ah  omni  fraude. 
Amen. 


The  true  Bread  of  Life.     John  6.  48. 

Read  is  the  ftaif  of  life,  and  life's  the  fcope 

Of  every  mans  dcficr,  airne,  and  hope-, 
Yet  He  who  was  the  fpoil  of  Death  f  for  (o 
The  Synack  renders  Iiim)  yeelded  thereto, 

M  2  And 


B 


Lev, 26, 26 


Gen.  5.25* 


(9o) 

And  after  more  than  any  elfc  e're  (:iw 
Of  Years  and  Daycs,  did  at  the  laft  withdraw. 
To  ilicw  the  frail  condition  here  beneath 
'  Of  thofe  who  in  their  Noftrillsber.r  their  breath: 
Sothatcompar'd  untoEternallblifs , 
A  Shadow,  Bubble,  Span, all  Emblem  This. 
Why  then  iliould  Thoughts  be  toft  to  Court  fuch  Clay^ 
But  that  Our  natures  mandate  we  ObayP 
And  may  doe  fo,  whilft  apprtite  puts  on 
No  other  garb  'fave  Moderation  : 
The  bounty  Ceres  from  her  Golden  Ear 
Scatters  to  blefs.the  painfull  Labourer, 
Comes  from  above  too,  yet  when  ground  and  bread,, 
'Tis  but  our  Tabernacle's  nouriilied. 
And  t  hat  but  for  a  while  •,  the  Soul  muft  be. 
Beholding  to  an  Other  Grainarie  •, 
Not  that  which  Mo[es  Prayer  cauf'd  to  fall 
To  fatiate  the  Ifraelites  withall  ^ 
2  Kings  4.  Nor  of  fuch  Barley-loaves  grew  once  on  earth, 
42   43 .  Wherewdth  El/f^a  fed  fome  in  a  Dearth : 

Thefe  might  have  hunger  after .  but  Thofe  bleft 
Withthe^True  batch  of  Life  may  ever  reft 
So  fatisfi'd,  as  with  the  height  of  ftore. 
For  fuch  fliall.  never  need  to  hunger  more, 
But  an  Erernall  life  enjoy,  wherein- 
No  dearth  or  famine  is,  fave  that  of  Sin  ; 
Plenty  and  Joyes  for  evermore  difpofe 
Themfelves  to  be  the  Comforters  of  thofe. 
And  whilft  our  Faith  makes  that  a  life  indeed. 
The  other  feems  to  truft  a  broken  reed. 
Afflictions  fowre  that  Temporall  bread  with  Leaven, 
Which  this  is  freed  of^  for  it  comes  from  Heaven, 

J 


(90 

A  Carroll» 

\/y  Hen  wc  a  Gemm  oi*  Precious  ftonc  have  loftj 

Is  not  the  fabrick  or  the  frame 
Of  Fancy  bufied  5  and  each  thing  toft 

And  turn'd  within  the  room  1 
Tilhve  the  fame 
Can  finde again  ,  Is't  not  a  Martyrdom^ 

Doth  Vanity  affed  us  fo :  yet  are 

We  flumber-charm'd,  nor  can  employ 
A  thought  that  backward  might  reduce^  fo  farre^ , 
Lively  to  reprefent 
Our  Mifery, 
Who  fell,  and  thus  incurr'd  a  Banilhment  r" 

Shall  we  leave  any  corner  Reafon  lends 

To  give  fenfc  light,  unfought,  untiy'd  ^ 
To  finde  how  far  our  Liberty  extends. 
And  how  refound  we  were 
Re-edify'd    ^ 
By  th'Shepherd,  and  by  th'Son  o'th'  Carpenter:' 

May  not  this  skill  and  love  in  him,  require 
The  white  and  better  ftone  to  Mark , 
And  t'raife  this  time  above  all  others  higher , 

Wherein  He  came  (though  Light) 
Into  the  Dark, 
For  to  reftore  unto  Mankindc  its  light  1 

Moft  furc  it  will :  and  where  negled  denies 

To  be  obfervant  of  this  Day, 
It  proves  not  onely  forfeiture  of  eyes. 
But  ail  parts  feem  aflecp 
Or  goneaftray: 
So's.the  houfe  again  unSuilt^and  loft  the  flieep.       Tragi 


Tragicomoedia  vitae  Humanae. 

ORimur  ^  Mormur^ 

Mors  er  Nativitas  fimul  introeunt : 
^id  ergo  Gloria  Mnndi  I(iiu$? 
Verum  Theatrica  ingredt  ^cilket , 
Bgredtque  femper,  Mes  fuit  vetui^ 
JEp  ettam  hodie^  eritque^  donee 
Fojlrema  fcem  feragenda  ejl,  in  qua 
Simul  Omnes  iterum  partes  ut  agant  prodierint  : 
LAvaque  acies  multis  Miferiis 
Finem  impone^t  fu^  Tragcedi^t, 
Dextrum  Cornu  dam  in  Choreis 
Sponfi  refoneft  Epithalamium : 
Ambo  Eptlogtmi  Tragicomoedia 
Narrenty  dam manct  Amhos  Conchfio, 

In  Horologium. 

^^\^Bntitur  celerifacilis  rota  tempera  curfuy 

Et  properans  Tar  dam  preterit  Ilia  Diem  : 
Sic  Horam  Alatamfuiperet  modo  Flumhea  virtus^ 

Cumjuvet  infrimulos  pondereprefjafuos. 
Jailer e  qnam  facile  ejl  dum  nonfentitur,  amijfo 

Fendere  tarda  rota  efl^  temporafedfugiunt. 
O  !  mihific  Liceat prudenti  Cordefugaces 

Annumcr^<re  Dics^  tit  mthi  Tendtis  erit. 
Sic  poffcmfuhito  vitam  difp onere  feclo^ 

Ut  renovet  Claram  Candida  [era  Diem. 

The 


(93) 

The  Tragicomedie  of  Mans  life 

L-IEre  One  is  born^and  there  an  Other  dies^ 
•*•  ^  Nativity  and  Obfequies 

Enter  at  once  ^  What  then  is  all 

This  worlds  Pomp,  but  Theatricall  ^ 
For  to  come  out,  and  to  goe  in 
Hath  evermore  the  Cuftom  been. 
And  will  be  till  the  latter  fcene 
Summons  us  all  at  once  again. 
Then  Ihallthe  Left-hand  file  in  Miferie, 
Shut  up  the  ftory  of  their  Tragedie  : 

Whilft  with  a  Chorus  the  Right  wing 
The  Bridegrooms  Epithalamie  doth  fing , 
Both  giving  a  Cataftrophe 
Unto  this  Tragicomedie. 


Z^pon  a  Clocks 

T^He  fwifter  lying  Wheel  oV-runs  the  Day^ 
^  Wouldmakeitfeemasguilty  of  Delay.  ' 
And  the  wing'd  hour  out-ftrctch  as  conquered 
In  fwiftnefs,  by  the  Plummets  weight  of  lead : 
The  fallacy  is  eafie,  for  admit 
That  weight  were  off,  then  time  would  out-fly  it, 
O  let  my  flitting  daycs  fo  numbred  be 
By  a  wife  heart,  they  prove  of  weight  to  me  : 
So  may  I  life  difpofe,  that  in  the  end 
By  fetting  bright,  it  may  a  clear  Day  fend, . 


Quid 


CP4) 
Quid  Vita  Vera,        Quxnam  Mors  ccrtiflima. 

Co//  vivmt' Qui  in  Chrifto  vivunt. 

Soli  Morttii- •    ^^"Sji^  ''^  Peccdto  remanent. 

Scducitin  Tentationem    Fiv/ficatperfui  Jpfua  otlatione.j 

^JEmuhi6  Satana^  (Tatris  quam  Memor  Chrijtus. 

Veram  igitur  ut  Vitam  haheamm  ^ 

A  VeccMd  clehinc  ahjlincamm. 

Mo/utmur  itacjue Non  in  fed  a  Peccdto»^ 

Ut  Fruamur  Vita,  — -    ^^  fit  &  in  &  a  Domino. 

Z^port  a  ^ery  wet  S.  Stephens  day. 

GOd  would  his  Saints  fhould  bebemoan'd. 
So  the  day  weeps  for  Stephen  flon'd. 

«  — . — ..  ■   ■  ♦ 

In  Diem  Circumcifionis  ad  Adamum  five 

totam  humani  Generis  ftirpem. 

Luke  2.21,  Qlrcuwcifus  erat,  Legi  fic  paruit  olmy 
Ut  parai  invitis  Pi  lea  cert  a  fuis : 

Gal,  2.4  5.  £^  JSlovu^  in  vetulo  dignatur  Parvulm  Orhe  ~ 
Vivere ,  Nos  animis  Vefliat  I  He  novis, 
Temvora  fie  fug/ ant ^  Magna  efl  Mutatio  fecli, 
Non  Mntare^  fuas  mutet  Adamm  O^es. 


Vfen 


(9$) 

Z^fon  Eajier  day. 

Sin  biiryed  Soul  awake  and  rife. 
Let  not  the  Conquered  More 
O'r  thy  Affcftions  Tyrannize  : 
All  that  This  world  affords  for  Ore 
But  Droflie  is,  nor  the  leaft  Mite 
Of  happinefs  in  Fleftily  Appetite. 

The  Devill  from  the  firft  was  ftyl'd 

ALyer^andhathftill 
Improved  His  malice,  fo  beguil'd 
Us  as  our  Parents  to  his  will  5 
Each  Word  v/e  utter.  Thought  conceive. 
Or  Aft,  all  ferves  but  t'  help  hfm  to  deceive^. 

No  marvail  then  if  Thou  wer't  bound. 
When 'twas  a  Threefold  Cord, 
A  Trident  mifchief  that  doth  woundy 
Requires  a  Treble  Patience  to  afford 
Relief :  with  which  we  here  were  fpcd, 
When  th'WomansSeed<lid  break  the  Serpents  head» 

Firft  'twas  One  God  in  three  Compad, 

Vouchfaf'd  to  work  this  Cure, 
Though't  fcem'd  the  Sons  alone^  this  Aft, 
Both  Father  and  Spirit  were  there  mofhure  : 
For 'tis  without  Contention, 
AH  Three  in  One  work'd  Mans  Redemption, 

N  They 


(96) 

They  were  three  Wifcmcn  from  the  Eaft 

Coiiidii<9:cd  by  a  Starr, 
Rcfuf  *d  no  Travail  for  this  Giieft, 
But  came  with  Prcfents  from  afarr , 
To  Court  Heavens  Munificence 
With  Gold,  With  Myrrh,  and  Frankincenfc». . 

Thofe  three  indeed  bewitch  our  fence , 

And  what  could  Men  bring  rather  ^ 
Faith  was  in  Infancy,  and  thence 
It  chofe  to  fuit  the  Gift^  I  gather. 
As  whereby  t'ihew  what  Dawning  'tis 
That  Entertains  the  Bloflbmes  of  our  Blifs. 

The  Fruit  comes  after :  and  that  was. 

When  He  who  knew  no  fin. 
Condemned,  yet  contented  as 
A  malefactor  Great  had  bin. 
Not  onelyBorn,  but  born  to  bear 
Our  Crimes,  became  for  men  a  Sufferer, 

Suifer  He  did,  and  was  interred, 
And  fhall  fond  man  refufe 
To  Die  for  Him-,  orbeafeard 
To  bear,  nay,  tTec  his  crofs,  and  chufe 
Rather  to  pafs  a  moments  pleafure 
Here,  than  partake  of  fuch  a  lafting  Treafure^f 

Shame  Roufe  us,  and  as  He  did  fleep 
Three  Dayes  within  the  Grave : 
So  let  our  Sins  be  birried  deep, 
That  They  no  more  Dominion  have ; 
Nor  hang  like  Plummets  on  our  thighs, 
\Vhen  with  our  Blcffed  Saviour  we  ihj&uld  rife.       Who 


(P7) 

Who  for  our  fakes  this  Conqueft  won 

OY  Hell,  the  Grave,  and  Death, ^'^^ 
Three  that  fought  Mans  Confulioa  ^ 
Till  Man-with- God- unite,  beneath. 
So  far  prevailed,  as  firft  to  Die, 
Then  Rofe  again  to  Crown  the  Vicftorie. 


•  Chrijl  alone  the  Author  andfinlfher  cfeur  Faith* 

'yy^Kilft  we  beleeve  f no  morej  we  but  refemble 
The  Devils,  for  Thofe  doe  fo  too,  and  tremble. 

He  who  for  Mans  redemption  was  fent. 

Will  be  of  true  Faith  the  accompliihment, 

As  well  as  framer  •,  and  alfurance  gives. 

Though  yet  unfeen,  of  Large  Prerogatives, 

As  to  become  Coheirs  in  that  eftate 

Which  He  did  purchafc  for  th*regcneratc : 

No  Others  to  be  quoted  arc,  but  all 

Authors  befides  This  One,  Apocryphal! : 
He  opens  to's  the  door  to  true  Bcleef,  ^ 
Who  feeks  t'come  in  another  way's  a  Thcef. 

TJpon  a  Thanksgi'owg  dayf^r  a  Fi^ory. 

"T  Rue  Viftory,  on  Fames  wings  taught 
^  To  fly  aloft, 

So  covers  all  the  Plafli 
Or  Stream  wherein  her  falfcr  tydings  walh, 
^   ^  ..That  none  of  them  more  rife, 
■ '''     Upon  our  Faiths  to  Tyrannife , 
But  put  to  plunge  what  fliift  to  trie. 
Shunning  the  Hawks  pounce,  meet  the  Pole,fo  die. 

N  2  Now 


(9^ 

Now  as  In  Aqucdufls,  the  fourcc 
Muft  guide  the  Courfe, 
And  to  the  fame  degree, 
Heighthen  the  reach  of  its  humiditle  v 
So 'tis  but  juft  and  even. 
That  Benifons  fent  down  from  heaven. 
Should  thither  rife  a^ain  in  praife. 
And  fill  each  Kakndar  with  Holidayes, 
« 

Not  fuch  as  wont  make  red-Ink  dear. 
Charging  the  year 
In  memory,  t'exprefs 
Ttis  or  that  Man's  a  Saint,  could  go  no  lefs.. 
But  by  duties  t'ihow 
Our  Thanfulnefs,  and  what  we  0WC5 
As  from  that  Place  alone  we  can 
Conclude  our  fpring  of  Bleffings  firft  began. 

Thus  whilft  for  praife  wc  fet  apart 
Both  Day  and  heart. 
And  fwcetly  doe  embrace 
Gods  mercies  meeting  in  his  holy  place  5 
'Thout  queftion  Helgo  on 
To  perfeft  the  Conclufion, 
And  crown  the  Conqueft  farther,  fo 
That  that  nc'r  more  be  our  friend,  He  deems  fbc. 


4j[tnfm 


J  cnjuum  yif.c^n\iis 


"  Pvr^iriide  aciCDcmnnum  .^ud  librt  ire  fotr:l  . 


Cioo) 

opera 


Lucis 


Tenehrdrum 


AmfUltenda, 


^'"^'"^-^^  Plana Aj 


Fugienda^ 


rcomeffatio  ^^ 
I     Ebrtetas^ 
S  i  Scnrrilitas 


tt\ 


m 


n 


\      \    dU 


Lis  (jr  Invi' 


Quorum  Proemia 
fie  divcrfc^ 


His 
Ex  MifcriC9rdU^ 


Cofia^ 
Htlmtas , 


Cdudi 


turn. 


Illis 
Bx  ^Hfiitia , 


Penuria , 
Anxittas  ^ 
MceptU^ 


€onferuntur 


E 
o 

1 


This  difference  in  works  is  known,  - 
The  firft  is  Gods,  t  others  our  Own. 


My 


My  Embafjftc. 

Aliter  cum  Domino  &  cum  Principlbus  Mundi 
iftius  negotiandum, 

Return  Deo  ft  jnmdattiry 
cOr  gemitibm  rumfatury 
JiT  ocellis  fons^  in  ore 
JerXXens  precis^  cum  amore 
eleelAofyaentur  Mdfim^ 
Nee  LegatHs  re  diet  vanas. 

Vormd  CordiSyfed  infecii 
iXX'vet^  OS  pEiuTA  reUi^ 
neC  hUndities  farcetur^ 
don\Jim  dum  fr^meditetur^ 

Sub  alternum  Regem  fatls^ 

ikSient  IJia  ^em  nilgutU.       Catena 


G 


■:ra'  dcmcnjtrant 


^fu 


t  to  S\n  wc 


^t  m£./^  a.  Chaync  to  Srirw  it  unto  Chri 


>^ 


The  Seed  of  the  Woman  breaks  the 
Serpents  head. 

(1 )  Pfgafiis.  {i)Jl^^f^^  ^ft^^  fetens  (fie  Fahla)  gram  ha  rum fit^ 

(2)  Helicon.  ^^  Fontes  Montis  (2)  Culmina  verfaflmnt  : 
(3)Horar.  '    Siccantcs  (i)  Vatum  fatiantur  (^)  Ne6tare^en£, 
Ovid.  Ar.                  jsie careant  animis  (5  j  Carmim dignafuis. 
(t;"ob^d^anU  ^^^  careant  dum  (6)  'vera  fuhnviaoria.fiangit 
mas  gulfi  ha-             Scrfcntem  {r])foholes  qui  Mnheris  erat : 


cunrur   y^^j^  fit  ut  cun^ls  vlrtutum  FlummamdHa/Jt^ 


bercd 

mo'r^Iiir  quo-  "  (8)  Vatidkis  is)  Cun^osfr.dbmia dumque  manent^ 

daijmiodo        (jq)  'Dilutt ^  (i \)ficco5^fic  Vulvcrc  {ii) Jpargif  amorcm^ 
I'^roTaief  {\iyurpmum:  (14)/^^ &  {i^)DiademacapU. 

eriamcrcafTc  : 

nam,  Digniim  Laudc    virum  Mufa    vetar  mori.     (6)  Luke  I.  -^I.     (j)  Genejii  3.  15. 

(«)£«j^?i.  70.  ifeM.lO.     (9>  A/4fffc.i0.4.».  *5.i2.     (10)  i6or.6.ii. 

(11)  Gtnuaab  hnwo  hutnABurti,  &adco  in  Pcccatis  volurum,  uc  omniGratiarum  fwcco 
proi  fir,  vacuum  videacur, 

(I2j  f/n.H.ip     (I?)  Lukf  22.^^  Johnlp.^^.    (14)   ^P^M.?-     (l5)   »  ^''^a^. 

Chriih  P  .^10  induir  lidclcsPurpuri :  Kefurteaio  yero  &  afccnlio  Coronim  addunt  \l(\o- 
ri«f/jciuSecumRcg'scriam  fimus  parricipelqucParriiGlor.«. 


A  Carroll. 

Lui:  2 .       ^"Y  As  all  the  world  by  C£far  tax'd  to  know. 

What  wealth  each  Country^City^houfe  could  fliow? 
Did  that  Decree  extend  but  juft  fo  far 
As  where  Cyreniu4  was  Governor  < 
Yes  fure,  where  e'r  the  Roman  power  bore  fway. 
None  could  dec  inc  the  Doom  of  Syria. 
So  cam't  to  pafs,  that  He  oi David's  ftem, 
Haft'ned  from  Nazareth  to  Bethlehem 

With 


With  his  efpoufed  Marj^  and  got  there 
Of  what's  before  time.  Time's  th'accompliflicr : 
Nor  would  the  Darknefs  of  thofe  Dayes  confefs 
A  currency  unto  fuch  Precioufnefs  •, 
But  houfe  and  City,  Countrey,  all  three  feem 
To  caft  upon  thofe  Guefts  the  Low'ft  efteem-, 
And  fothe  other  Strangers  well  may  be, 
Shuffle  thefe  Friends  into  the  Oftlcrie. 
What  doe  we  lefs,  whilft  Emperour-like  each  one 
Bears  o're  his  leffer  world  Dominion, 
And  frecdome  hath  to  rax  each  Senfe,  to  bring 
Its  beft  of  treafure  to  this  Offering  : 
Yet  as  ailecp,  or  blinde  wirhNatures  light. 
We  learn  to  court  allObjefts  fave  the  right  : 
And  whilft  thofe  houfes  fliould  'been  tricked  ore 
For  Him  alone,  they'd  let  in  Sin  before  : 
The  Cities  of  our  hearts  poffeft  with  vice, 
Will  not  change  garifon  at  any  price  ^ 
So  what  the  Region  of  our  Souls  can  grant. 
Is,  t'appear  rich  in  ill,  all  good  to  want  : 
Yet  though  this  Province,  Fort,  and  Sconces  all 
Taken,  betray'd,  and  under  Satans  thrall  •, 
'Tis  not  prefum*d,  but  that  by  Faith  being  led , 
All  thefe  may  eafly  be  recovered. 
Nay,  all  are  won  already  to  that  breft , 
Prepared  is  to  welcome  this  new  gueft. 

In  San£ium  StephanumProtomartyrem  pati- 

entem  &  duritiem  Cordijum  Juda^orum  Lapidantium, 

A^^IL£Artyrii  dum  frima  Petris  ff^a  Laurea  vincit , 
Sax€A  Saxfifi  Corda  Mmufque  gerunt, 

O  Te 


Ci04> 

To  NeiV'years  Day. 

IF  Eagles  fhifting  but  their  Bills,  have  made- 
Their  youth  return,  fo  years  feem  retrograde  5 
And.  if 't  be  true,  that  every  change  of  Skin 
To  th 'creeping  brood,  doth  a  new  age  begin : 
Or  whilil  th'eleven  Months  like  foodappeer 
To  fatiate  the  hungry  lamvere. 
Why  fliould  not  man  this  Riddle  too  unfold. 
And  be  renewed  by  putting  off  the  Old/* 


Armamenta  ad  oppugnandos  Hoftes,  Carnem 

fcilicet,  Mundum,&  Satanam,  Maxime  neceflaria. . 

J^Erus  Chripanus  fity 

Ephef.  6,  Veriute  CinBus 

1 1 .  &C.  luflitia  armatus^ 

F^cis  CalccAmento  vinBus ,. 

Salvatione  Galeatus^ 
Super  Om^Cy  Fideifcutum 
Cum  Sfiritfu  Enfe  reddent  tutunty 
NecdeeJfepoteJiEi^ 
Heb.  6.  i^y  Unquam  Anchors,  Firma^ei, 


Charitof, 


iioO 


^nftea/j7<-  Jacol)^  ^^^r  ks^r  is  onf 


(^(T  teauh  t^ee  flaw  taja^  to  hecLv'n  ujz^an  , 
^U:  in  ci  (Drram  JiJ  An^els   f-^/^T^/^^t 
(Pa/jtna  [fcrtd  from  an/ to  t(ie  (fir^cmieivt 
tButt^if  appfiJe  urUo-  t^  Heart  w^li^cruide ^ 
Cpff,'  ^r^S/ aitraic ^  t(;  l^  IKcdcemer sjidc 


AmaflcLicuit,  Quern  pcccaffc  panituit. 

cy  )T  in  initio  Annorum 
C/.  infciiy 

In  Hamum 
Satm^, 
Et  Iwfrevidi 
Jnc'tdimus : 
lu  UdoYum  NQporum 
Confcii^ 
Zach,3.8.  Rarmm 

Efayii.i..  ^'^'"^'X 

Cdpamusr 

j'ftfjc- Sfes  Lihermis  erit--*^-ft  non 

ampUm  nimis^ Curo,  PeculL 


Quid  proficict  homini  fi  totum  Mundum 

liicretur,&  perdat  Animam  fuamf 

QUdfihi  lucrdfacit  Fragilem  ^i  comfam  Orhem 
^^    Totum y  Animam  cumque  Hie  perdat  (jr  Ipfefuam'^ 
Nullafalus  Terr  is  y  Brevis  (jr  mundana  volupas^ 

Ce^Ucolis  nulla  efi  ttt^rhida^  erfetuo, 
Fr^ferat  tmmeritis  H^cjflendida  Lubrica  Nugts^ 

Tenejlrisfuferum  nulla  valoris  erint. 


Ad 


Ad  quendam  tarn  Potcntia  quam  Intelligentia 

-  &  Dodlrina,  Divitiis  a?que  ac  Nobilitate  &r 
honoribus  prceditum. 

JNgeniofus  Homo  es^  nee  quifque  Potent icr  Orhe 

Ditior  ^  nuUu^,  NchUorvefuit  : 
Tmibpis  tximiU  jun^d  ejl  FtgiUrtti^  fo'^^'^^ 

Nee  deerat  tittilis  Cofia  magna  tuis. 
Hoc  tantumfifcire  fhcet  (me  judice)  re  fiat  ^ 

Ut  redda£j!>om'mQ  qu£  ttbi  Cim^a  ddat, 

BngUpiv 

Thou  art  a  witty  man^  nor' s  every  one 
Tth'  world  for  Power  thy  Companion  5 
In  Birth  and  Riches  all  thou  doft  outfly. 
And  exc'lent  Pans  backld  with  Authoriiy. 
On  Thy  arrears  this  only  now  may  fall^ 
Tboufpend  ihcfeto  His  praife  who  gave  them  all, 

II  ■    I  — ■ — ' 

Temporibas  hifce  Maxirac  difccndum. 

JpAcire  credimm  quod  volumus : 
Velmtu  i git  fir  Bona^ 
Et  Jtatim  credemm 
>  Non  omnt  Uendacio^ 

Sed  Votim  Verho 
Veritatis  Ipfi. 
Omnis  AnimA  Toteflatihtis  fubfervtat  [nfcrioribm.  Rom .  13 

O^  Such 


Cio8) 

Such  as  (land  upon  falfe  Bottoms  in  iaving 
their  Soul  e  s  . 

The  ignoranr.  jNfcim  innujneros  Domini  meditatur  Amores^ 

£t  falvum  nihilo  fe  fuut  ejfe  fro  : 
Alter  at  induhias  Venidrum  concifit  Artes^ 

lit  jihi^  dum  CunEiis  V'tBtma  Chr'tftu^  ernt. 
Mtwdaniinimium  [apt  Alter  amoribm ,  atq*^  Hie 

S  ola  Deo  frofert  Munera  ut  accipat: 
Hie  qtioque  eiviiis  fruitur  jam  tempre  vit£. 

Nee  diihitat  C cells  c^uinfrmturus  item: 
SanBior  offoftttsfihi  dum  hUnditur  Inanis 

Iiiiilis^  O*  Meritis  fevaluiffe  fris^ 
Humptur^jr  nullam  eaptllle  vet  Ifie  falutem, 

Durabit  Chriflo  qu^  ftabilita  Fides. 


The  Prcfum. 
p.uous. 

The  worldly 
VV.le. 

The  morally 
Civ, II. 

The  Hypo 

crjte. 


I  «hn  I 

5- 

Nuin'o. 

24.17 

1  ukci 

7^'- 

riiu^ 

19. 

Tuk-e  I 

.79. 

Epiicf. 

5.S. 

h\iiiU. 

2.  :. 

2  TlieiT.  5,  5. 

M.Mlh. 

2.  1. 

C  lohii 

3-5. 

Va.  c  0 

•  ^. 

lohn  1 

.Id. 

Liuc2 

•  6. 

Oil.  4. 

4. 

In  Fpiphaniam  five  manifeftationcm  Dominu 

"KJonne  pttes  Merito  C^cos  ^i  LueeferenH 

Nil  cermmt^adquos  Phojphorm  Iffe  venit. 
Nee  tiimcYh  Evigilant  cf  Densa  Caligine  Gentes 

Umhrantur  Miferi^  (vef^era  tota  Dies) 
Scdtamen  inveniunt  flellam  5  fie  nottis  Imago 

Verfr  efl  e  tenehris  qua  duee  clara  Micat^ 
Et  Uagm  in  magno  meditatur  Lumine  Divum^ 

Sprite  Novum  Ajlrolog$s  Ajlrum  agitatque  vir9s. 
S;n  auorjum  hoe  rogites?  utfit  Mamfejlm  ad  Omncs^ 

Omni  ^i  m^leno  tern  fore  natus  erat. 


Natus^ 


Natus,  Damnatusj  Necatus,  Glorificatus. 

T^efcendere  defcendit  ^e  Ccelis  ut  {pravitate  quH  defrep 
ftmus  CArnali  reliciA)  afcendamns  in  Ccelos  :  Pati  dig- 
mtw  in  Mundo  fro  immundis  ,  Vt  fopdeant  Lucem  , 
^A  merui^ent  Crucem,  Merte  mulct m  fe  pr^hit,  Vt 
Vitam  capat,  qui  Mori  debuit.  Agnm  in  Mont  em  p^ffr^^ 
faflus  cr  ^^  Montem  agnu^,  Fajlor  [uccumbit  Oneri  LegiSy 
ut  Unguori  fuccurrdt  fdrvuli  gregls.  Ne  deftt  Fons^  adejl: 
Mons  :  addefremendamfitem^iHanc) cape^ Feram  Vitem: 
^ui  multo  cum  cruore  Mori  vellet  ^  ut  hummos  ab  hummis 
errortbus  avellat,  Anguis  ut  kpdciptio  redimatur  Ingra^ 
tm  •  fanguis  Tretiofipmi  effunditur  y  ^  confoffum  Latns: 
Tumuli  limit ibusfe  Capivum  tradidit ,  Ft  a  Sdtana  Mili- 
tibus  nos  Liberos  redderet.  Sepulchre  obdormiviffe  Lapdeo 
njtdctur^  ut  duritiei  Cordis  humani  obl/t'ifceretur.  Morti 
fr$  triduo  Temforis  paret,  Mori  ut  feccatis  quotidie  nos 
praparet  •,  ^  ne  quid  in  Redemftionefit  ami^fum-:,  herren-  - 
dum  Barathri  petit  AbyJJum.  Sed  ^i  Lux  vera  eft,  c^  ab 
dternOy  nonmanet  tenebris  nec  in  Inferno-^  Afi  Palmam 
feriens  verA  victori^^  Coromtm  Tideltbus  texitH  Gloria. 
BtnefitFidei  Thom^  defe^fio^O^avo  iterum  di-e  efipate-^ 
fa^ia  refurreffio,  Tojlquam  ab  ek  per  quadraginta  Dies 
notusfuit  (^  conJpeclus^Nubem  indutt  (^fufceptus:  a  Monte 
quimivetivocatur  [urfumrecepttis  efl  Pac/fcator^  Cujus 
readventus  ejt  futurus,  ttcx  cum  ^udicaturus.  Mente  Me 
Deusfic  donet  Spirituali^  Vt  non  fim  iternm  Reus  hujus 
Mali. 


A  Threefold  Cord  is  not  eafily  broJ^n. 

MEek,  Lowly,  Humble,  was  that  threefold  Cord. 
Our  Lord, 
To  pull  us  up  to  Heaven  did  afiFord.  | 

He  bore  the  Crofs  firft  for  us,  and  became 
E/iy.  A  Lambe^ 

Walh'd  His  Difciplcs  feet,  to  teach  the  fame. 

But  who  takes  out  this  Icffon  i  is  not  Pride 

Our  Guide, 
Enviej  Oppreflion,  Malice  too  befide^f 

To  crofs  what's  good,  bleat  after  Natures  call, 

T*enthrall 
Others  ^  fet  traps  t'enfnare  theirfeet  withall. 

We  can  the  beft  of  care  and  thought  unbinde. 

To  finde 
.   What  may  enrich  the  Body,  not  the  mjnde. 

So  ftill  be  cumbered  about  ferving  much. 

And  grutch 
That  Others  have  not  equall  fliare  in  fuch. 

When  if  our  Saviour  we  beleeve  alone. 

But  one 
Luh, 1 042  Thing  needfull  was,  and  that  was  Maries  owne. 

That  better  permanent  part,  grant  that  I 

May  try. 
To  compafs  through  unfeign  d  humility. 

ReguJ4 


riio 


^Dc9  Glom 


at  fit 


jufcum 


Ntc  Pafdis  h^refis 
Nee  Fatal  is  Hyfocrifis 
~^cc  effrenata Anarchia\ 


Princlti  7/^^"    ""^<f  ^'^^  effrenata  Anarchia  \ 

^      ^matus]  confiiftonis  AnomalU    >Deterreant. 


'  Hec  Galeata  Dementia  I 
y^Ex  TleheialnJ'elentia   \ 

Quin  Homo  Probiis 

fis 
Tarn  uno  quam  Ambobus, 


.ReipublkaJ 


i     3-I5J     Xo.^z. 


Place  this  after  Page  ("i  i  o^ 
P 


Crux 


ftt»  cleric 


Tr'incffi  Honor 


.RelpttUica  falfti 


Uni  vert  folo  etft  Triflici  Trimno 

Uf7atiimiter  nsn  fecundum  hominii 

ji^um,fedfui  ifftu*  id  eft  veritatis 

verbum  Totus  infervire,  qmniam 

Non  vult  fartici^emcultus  lefus. 


Debit  am  obedient  ram  utfote  gttber- 
ttandi  caufa  in  nos^  d)  Ipfo  Domino 
in  ontne fcilicet  quod  Mundata  n»n\  ,_, 
exuferet  Licita  Prxfofito^reddere,  \\ji ' 
queniam  Offtignat  Dominum  ficr 
nere  Regem. 


Tantam  trlbnere  Legum  ifujlitutioni- 
bfu  et  cofiJUttttiombus  reverent! am, 
ut  in  omni  a[iione  «nam  vel  alte- 
ram infiar  metx  ajipetititi  pr^fi- 
gere^  quoniam  tit  [aim-  Populi  fu- 
prem.t  lex  ,  fic  fine  Legibtts  nulla 
falut  PopUlo. 


Rcguk  nullo  modo  bpcrnenda. 

Veram  Sevotionem  in  Deuml 
verumy  verbs  dum  facrol 
Fides  adhibeAtur  fanita  I 
compares. 


Agnitionem  c5*  remuntrandi 
obfervantiam  quam  humi- 
lem,  GrAto^Pio,&  Patientix 
ftmmA  Patrono-Principi. 


[Nee  Papalii  hxrefis 
\  Nee  Fatalis  Hypocrifis    . 
Quibufcuraj  Nee  effrenata  Anarchia  \ 


Pacem  Cic  Tranquillam  &  ab 
omnibus  [_  bonis  fcilicet  ] 
maxim}  eptatam  Patriae. 


Aimatus  I  Confufionis  Anomalia 
'  Nee  Caleata  Dementia 
\.Ex  Plebeia  Inj'elentia 

Quin  Homo  Probus 

fis 
•Tam  uno  quam  Ambobus, 


^Dcterreant. 


fUkflrfprPaaefl 


^Creatic    "^ 
Gcn.  I. 

25. 


(Ill) 

"Innocen  - 
tU  Crc- 

nim  ^ 
Ephef. 
4.24. 


Triplex 

hcmtnunK^ 

Conditio, 


Defrava- 

ito  fecii'  \  ^        ^.,...„ 


Difche- 

dientid 
difloca- 


3-  ^' 


Rejtaura- 
tio  ter- 
tiaficn. 

,     3- 15'^ 


Gen.  3, 
23,  24, 


Summit 
cUmen- 
tia  re- 
dinte- 
gratm  . 
Rom. 
l  8.32- 


^lndutm    j 
Jpiritu 
divino  ^  I 
I  Cor.  ^ 
15.45. 


Cdftus 
Dolo 
ferfen- 
tin  9^ 
Gen.  3. 

4- 


Florens 
Jole  ma- 
tut}  no, 


'Ah  ortgi- 
ne  quhm 
furofme , 
labe  vel 
pccato^ 


U.^.c  cum 
Tide 
pcrce- 


Pofte^  in 

ftdtH  no    Etfi  Mi' 

fecuro^        ferri- 

utpote     1    mu6  fu- 

horttde-      ^jj^es^ 

privato^ 


Luke 


D      1 


Donee  in 
Chnfio 
redem- 
fturo 
tunc  ere- 
dendo 
fuhle^ 


78.  4.  vato. 


Citufam 
Sfei  in- 

ven/ffeS' 

Crux 


C"0 

In  Paflloncm  &  RcfurreQ;ionem  Domini. 

^Uimodo  tantorum  Tum:<lorum  vir:cuU  folvit. 

Career  ihus  Tumult  tr^^ditur  I  He  novi  : 
Sic  Placuit^  naculaque  anim^  pur'^entur  db  omni^ 

SarJguirie  jam  propria  dilmt  I/lefuo, 
Humannm  mveniens  aperit  humm  tUico  venas^ 

Sarcophagus-  Dormnum  fedrettnere  nequit , 
^uidfedes  in  Tumidum  fomnofe  Miles  apertum  ? 

^.  'm  v'.giles  vigilat  Mortis  cr  arma  rapit. 
Ctimfociis  flupefacfa  vtdet  Maria  Sepulchrum^ 

In  queis  Utitia  (jr  Mtsira  pavore  fuit, 
Jnveniant  Dominurm  njeniunt  tit  Marmere  chufum^ 

Mane  fitus  Dominusy  nee  manet  u[que  dtem  : 
Vifur£  gaudent  Chrtfltim,  metuuntque  remoto 

Saxo^  diim  vifus  Angel  us  eft  Domini. 

Cnix  Vera 
Non  in  Ligno^  Sed  in  SignOy 

•St, 


j>ri'vatio   Viu   Bonat, 


to. 


All  other  Crosses  may  difquict  reft 
But  this- was  that  by  which  Mankindc  is  bleft. 

CRU- 


C-R-V-C-J-F-I-G-I-T-V-R. 

--urm  ad  Exit  turn  GemtriXy  refetitcjue  Reatum 

Filiolus  :  Voenas  Hie  dahlty  lHafua>s, 
'Uminat  ut  Miferos  Rex  Inclytusy  Aha  relinquens 

Ima  petit  que  ^fubit  NubiUlucis  Opus, 
-nicus  a  fceftrps  humtles  facit  I  lie  rece([m 

Sfonte^  fuam  trthmt  ^uj  quo  que  "vita  fuit : 
'Um  hrevis  e  teneri  cone  ret  aque  fulvere  forma 

^^m  vitiofa  regunt^  Ambit-  ^fa  velit, 
'UnEla  f^iro  Confors,  qua  cum  de  ^orteferenni 

Confultt^  ^  Culpa  hdc  (Morte)  perennis  erat  : 
-a^us  homo  Dominusmoritur^  fed  Morte  fnba^A 

Commutatfortemy  (jr  'vita  Perennis  ent, 
-rritat  Super os  Gens  improba,  fed  Juper  omne 

Grataepjqn^  afeifj'o  Feciore  fufa  fuit, 
-ratia  pro  ingratis  datur  integra,  ^ufus  Iniquis^ 

Fro  Peccatere  hdc  Peffora  Ufa  mancnt. 
-nduit  c^  noflras  humanafMe  volutas 

Naturas^  nobis  Calicateflafacit. 
-ransf  xuf que  fuit  y  quo  tranfear  omnis  alumntis, 

Et  videat  paifum  pactjicumque  virum, 
'i[tus  Amore  hominum  vincius^  Captivus  (^  Idem^ 

Ut  Lihntatls  fies  modo  certafiet : 
-eflficefic  Miferum^  Miferos  qui  ^  gurgite  Mortis 

Ertpuit^  rapiantp^/fceranoftray  fua. 


P  2  Spedaciilum 


Spcftaeulum  verae  Humilitatis. 


V. 


^-j/itf. 


i-s 


c.« 


^ — 2§iciat 


urn 


n-^ 


*o 


\ 


% 


^ 


\ 


If  in  a  glafs  one  would  dcfcry 
Pcrfeft  and  true  Humility  •, 
Then  goe  no  farther,  but  obferve 
He  bore  the  Crofs  which  we  deferve. 


P/74/V 


Filafs  Infcription.  Joh.ip.i^ 


T     .  r  iPer.3.18 

^J  -^^  —tdimit 


N-t^  —tdimit 


What  P  I  I.  A  T  1  wrote.  He  wrote,  and  did  refufe 

To  alter  for  the  High-Prieft  of  the  Jewes  : 

This  Juftmans  birth  with  Prophcfie  fuits  well. 

Who  came  to  fave  the  loft  of  Ifrael.  Mat.^^.ij 


-^rrantibm  ^  ^  \    ^ 


T  ^-nfciii  ^"  I  \.    CO 


O 

I 

V3- 


Of  All  the  Vermes  happinefs  Create, 
None  out-fhines  this.  To  be  Compailionate  : 
Mercy  the  God  of  Gloiy  doth  prefer , 
Although  All's  other  works  are  lingular. 
This  Kingly  Pattern  here  before  us  let, 
Should  teach  us  to  forgive,  and  to  forget. 

P3  La 


("0 

La  Citta  Improvida. 

E      ^ 

U.^tp»te 


^^Htn. 


A  Building  that  is  Tight  and  free  from  weather, 
Hath  all  its  parts  well  Cymented  together-. 
For  where  fuch  Unity  In  it  felf 's  away. 
That  ftrudure  falls  under  fome  quick  decay. 
This  City  hore  but  name  of  Peace  alone, 
Whofe  Builders  did  refufe  their  Corner  ftonc. 


II  vero  montc  Teftaccio. 


Memento  mori^  or  a  Deaths-head  worn 
Upon  a  fifiger,  oft  becomes  a  fcorn  ^ 
For  what  through  ule  famihar  is  grown. 
Nature  counts  lefs  bv  apprehenfion/ 
Yet  be  ad  vit'd,  th.s  Mount  of  dead  mens  skuls, 
A  greater  dread  and  terror  on  thee  puis, 
Wno  durft  by  Sins,  and  loofe  defires  below. 
Make  him  again  pay  that  which  thou  didft  ow# 

Edfier 


Eajier  dayes  ^fnrrexit. 

SEt  the  CliflP  higher 
Now, 

And  raife 
Each  hearts  key. 
To  prefent  a  Vow 
In  praife 
Of  him  who  lately  was  our  buyer. 
And  of  this  Day 
Which  He  makes  clearer  farr  then  Other  dayes. 

For  look  we  back^  and  there 
We  may  with  eafe 
See  what  we  were, 
Transform'd  beyond 
All  works,  did  pleafe 
The  Maker 
So 
That  whilft  He  did  commend 
What  He  had  done,  Man  wrought  his  endlefs  woe-. 
Nor  of  thofe  praifes  longer  was  partaker. 

Before  when  known 
To  be , 
By  Innocencies  Liverie, 
The  faireft  likenefs  of  Creation  5 

All  other  Things 
Were  but  to  Man  as  Offerings, 
Whereby 
He  might  maintain 
The  Ti^lc  of  the  worlds  true  Sovcraign. 


Jaftice. 


Jufticeand  Mercy  both, 
The  King  of  Heaven 
Dcliijhts  tolhow  -, 
And  in  his  hands  the  Skoals  doth  held  fo  even. 
That  whilft  enforced  to  puniili,  yet  he's  loath 
To  overthrow-. 
And  fo  a  way  prcfcribes,  wherein 
Man  may  revenged  be  of  fin. 


To  this  efiFed-, 
When  He  faw  time. 
His  Son  was  fcnr, 
That  all  difgraces  of  the  Crime 

On  Him  being  fpent. 
No  Contumelie  or  negleft 

Might  lie  behinde. 
To  fink  into  Defpair  a  troubled  minde. 


SofuflFeredHe 
To  fet 
Man 
Free 
Again, 
Whofe  debt 
Required  no  lefs 
To  recompence 
The  Guiltinefs 
Of  fo  great  Difobedience. 


Which 


("9) 

Which  bond  difcharg*d, 
All  are  enlarged , 
Who  can  through  Faith  arife 
With  Him  who  Clarifies 
Beyond  our  apprehenfion , 

The  Splendor  this  Dayes  Skies 
Put  on. 
To  Embleme  His  Bright  Re{«jrred:ion. 


In  Diem  Natalem  etiam  S.  Jejunal  em  quoniam 

Mercurialem  Menlis  ultimam. 

QUondam  Fefla  Dies,  nunt  ^ejunamibm  apt^t  es^ 
^"^      Ut  ^eis  nonprofunt  Gnudia  M6ejla  juvento 

Englilli'd  .• 

A  Holiday  thou  waft,  and  art  fo  ftill  • 
For  Holy  Fafting  faves^  when  Riots  kill. 


In  novi  Anni  Diem  Primam  Dialog! fmus. 

J)Um  novm  Annus  inity  an  nos  nova  VeBoraflc^tenty 
Cum  Vetulo  V etui  as  vin  f  trier  e  vices  ? 

§iutd  pot  HIS  f    nam  qui  mem  or  are  novipma  certet 
Immemor  errati  gaudeat  ejfe  fui. 


Ineffabilig 


(lao) 

IneflFabilis  Amor  atq-,  Admirabilis  Chrifti. 


(1)  I»CrH£*m 

isVctnia.      V^/^'Z('^  ^xfenf.panclh(2)  Crudeltbm,  Ipf.s 

(1)  Ovid.Mtt.  ^V  ^^^  ^ekt  ampkxu  comparat  Itle  /uo: 

Cs)  V7U4l*b:    (4)  Pythonen  mnumerk  adiment  Hydrdmve  C$)  ft^mky 

turn  Hereulm.  Serpeniiim  (6)  Pyoavum,  (j)  h&c  um  fagittA  necat, 

(63ThcoldScr.  Nu!!;*i  Apo.lfdtil- pt/viii  fi:it  am  Ncpommy 

(^r^'tfvT        .      ^^^^^^r^na'nAlcuii,  rebo^emyorerit: 

pnu,  ^^^  tamen  hic  mcigni  (8)  repetit  viHorid  mundi, 

(S.^Chriftscon.  (p)   El  fip^rat  pcen.a  lllc  fer end 0  Cuts. 

t}.»cfto7cr  death.  Paupe/ii  efl  nnmerare  Pccm,  ducdeciirm  dim 

(lo)    mI^^h" 'i  H^rcAleanm  er^  Hiuc  Labor  imnmem, 

fo otfendci God,  (^^)    ^^'"P'  ^"/^ '"  ^offrk  tama  eft  numerano CulpU, 

thatn  -thing  bac  Vt  nifi  qui  pojjet  finguli  nulla  juvet. 

Oodand  Man       (n^  fojfc  ^  ve/k  fuum  ej}^  pc  «'/  redempftt  imquos^ 

c^uld  make  Zi  jifimm  ftjtiut  Anchara   ("12}  vera  Fidcn. 

atonement.  •'  -^  \  *■     ^ 

(11)  A 11  power  was  given  him  of  the  Father,  who  voluntarily  undertook  the  work  of  our  re^cmptio»» 

(12)  Hebccommin"  thctrucft  Anchor  of  our  kopC5,  wc  cannot  vcie  Out  the  Cable  of  faith  upon  bet- 
ter ICCurityagJiinftAlIftjipwrtckine.  T^ 


T^  my  CrMOHS  Cod. 

D  EtIrM  into  a  Calm  of  Leifure,  Led 
*^By  Providence  thus  ••  grant  me bufied 
Here  after  for  My  King  and  Countreys  good. 
The  Church  and  State  where  I  took  Livelihood 
That  in  my  Calling  I  may  never  falter, 
But  hew  wood  and  draw  water  for  thine  Altar. 


The  Objeli  of  Lo^e  and  Tower. 


:?vv . 


'iBorem 


E-^-acrijicmtem 
-menum 


s. 

Loft  Man,  when  to  be  fav*d  cannot  devifc 

To  expiate  His  guilt  by  Sacrifice  5 

Till  Prieft  and  Prophet,  King,  and  all  agree 

In  One,  to  offer  and  winn  Vidory  5 

Thi:  for  what's  paft  5  the  other  ad:  of  power 

He  gain'd  for  us,  who  is  our  Saviour. 


Qjl  V^t 


Vfe  anihdemry  Pareats  to  Wifdome. 

\7St  out  of  Date,  and  to  Remember 
^  Our  Saviours  Birth,  wont  blefs  December 
Cry'd  down ;  What  may  we  judge  by  thefe?  ' 
But  this,  That  Wifdomc's  in  decreafc 
And  certainly  muft  Folly  own,  ' 

When  other  Parents  are  not  known. ' 


<f^^^HHHirHp^H^;^HHH^H^H^^4^ 


,-.„ 1 

r 


ibtEndoftheFirfiTart:    ' 


.icitairt.'iiJ.' 


..     n.._,., 


^^^^^^^Hmmmmmimmm 


sS> 


Cm) 


To  my  Boo\^  upon  the  feeond  Part^  and 
the  Title  Fage. 

Famulentur  Prioribus. 

npHy  firft  Part  bears  a  ftampDivinc, 

-■-  And  fo  may  pafs  for  currant  Coinj 
Though  Momm  Cark,  and  Zoilm  bark. 
Thou  art  preferv'das  in  an  Ark  ; 
For  what  one  doth  by  Faith  apply. 
No  flood  of  Envie  can  deftroy. 
Yet  how  to  help  thee  at  a  lift. 
That  muft  be  now  my  Second  drift : 
For  feeing  thou  wilt  not  alone 
Come  forth,  but  be  attended  on , 
It's  fit  thy  fervant  ftill  ihould  be. 
Adorn  d  with  modeft  Loyaltie  5 

Such  as  the  Hils,  and  Groves,  and  Brooks 

Afford  the  Fancy,  'ftead  of  Books  5 

And  help  Contentednefs  to  wade, 

Though  not  to  fwim  under  a  fhade 

Of  fuch  Security  may  give 

'Gainfl:  heat  and  cold  Prerogative 

Defence ;  where  no  times  rayes  or  Thunder 

Shall  blaft  or  fcorch  thofe  fo  lie  under. 

But  who  themfelves  in  Peace  can  thus  read  ore. 
Need  but  be  thankfull,  and  ne're  wi(h  for  more. 

The 


The  Second  Pam 


Humane  Science  Handmaid  to  Divine. 

Famulentur  Prioribus. 

LI  were  not  Cedars  that  grew  on 
The  Top  of  Towring  Lebanon , 
But  here  and  theie  fome  lefs Plant  fct 
To  give  attendance  on  the  great : 

So  have  I  feen  a  grove  of  Pine 

Becircled  with  Eglantine  -, 

A  Towle  of  Oaks  that  feem'd  the  higher. 

For  over- looking  of  the  Brier  ^ 

The  Beech,  Afli,  Elm^  tak't  not  in  fcorn 

From  the  low  Shrub  and  prickly  Thorn 

That  underneath  their  fliades  they  dwell. 

And  guard  their  roots  as  Sentinell : 

Medows,  and  FieldS;,  and  Gardens  all 

Produce  both  fimples  ^  Mcd'cinall, 

And  herbs  of  lefs  efteein  •,  yet  thefe 

May  fome  one  fenfe  or  other  pleafc. 

Fountains  with  Cryftall  may  compare , 

As  they  run  out  are  known  to  lliare 

With  this  and  that  Land- water,  til 

They  colour  change,  yet  Rivers  fill. 

And  if  I  would  my  Fancy  rear. 

To  linear  a  day  moft  clear ; 

It  (hould  be  fuch  a  one,  wherein 

Some  wooll-pack  Clouds  in  corner's  been. 

Thus  the  wife  God  of  Nature  chofe 

All  things  in  order  to  dilpofe  : 

And  Humane  Raptures  onely  doth  command 

As  fervants  to  Divine,  to  wait  at  hand,  Ccca- 


OccaftoneAby  feeinga  Walh^$fBay' trees. 

]Sj  O  Thunder  blafts  loves  Plant  ^  nor  can 
•'-^  Misfortune  warp  an  honcft  Man  • 
Shaken  He  may  be,  by  fome  one 
Or  other  Guft,  Un'eav'd  by  none: 
Though  tribulation's  fliarp  and  keen, 
His  Refolutions  keep  Green  -, 
And  whilft  Integrity's  his  wall , 
His  Year's  all  Spring,  and  hath  noFalL 


Inter  Acus  &  Aculeos  pugna. 

\yj  An  like  a  little  world,  opens  a  pack 
•'"^-'"Of  Government,  to  all  fuch  Climes  as  lack  5 
Wherein  thofe  humors  that  difluib  the  health, 
For  Power,  doe  reprefent  a  Common- wealth  5 
And  Nature  f  uncontrowlably)would  try. 
To  fubjeifi:  all  under  her  Monarchy  •, 
But  in  that  Conflicft  findes  no  fmall  difeafe , 
Whilft  all  reftrain'd  Authorities  difpleafe. 
Here  may  we  lee  as  from  a  Chaos  fpun, 
Difcord,  at  ptfti  of  pike  ^  and  Factions  t'run 
A  tilt :  fo  break  int'  fhivei-s  and  deftroy 
The  ftri-ft  command  of  eithers  foveraignty. 
Yet  neither  Title  need  we  fear  to  leefe, 
Sithcnce  there's  both  King  and  Common-wealth 

C'mongft  Bees. 

.R  Sorte 


Sorte  tua  fis  Contcntus. 

T)Um  jremit  mmodicis  rafiturqu-e  vordgine  ventify 

Et  'vetat  irato  Gurgite  Navis  iter  , 
Littorihm  Placidum  Pehigus^  non  Indies  reddens 

Munera,  fed  Concha  ^at  propioredapes, 
Zlige  quddrnnvis  ejl,  Tumidos  tnffiere  ¥lucim 

A/}  Fort  urn,  Exit  turn  quarere^five  bonumi 
Tentet  Avarus  opes^  (jr  Amara  pericuU  Pontic 

Tutd  cufit  modicis  rebm  fnefje  Fides: 
^amvis  Cajlrapetas,  Fora  velTogatus  Jmaff'eSy. 

Invenias  Lnqueis  h.u  comitatafuls  : 
Sola  manet  requies  Animo  Quern  jurgia  nuUa^ 

Nulla  vaporiferitque  Ambit  ion  is  habent. 
Sed  fatur^  in  prdprio  formentur  pecfore  pacis 

Scmina,  qu£  fug/ant  Milittam  atque  Forum: 
Caudeat  umbr/feris  Sylvls  pro  Clajfe^  Loquaces 

Lympharumque  Choros  Curia  necfileat, 
Namquc  AvihusjunBis  repetitnr  murmur e  cantus^ 

Btfaltabundum  cernat  ubique  Pecm  : 
Gramineis  locup les  ]aciet  jam  terra  tapetis , 

Ft  violefoboles  fub  fepe  cceptaferunt, 
Pijciculis  avidid  Efca  e(l  inimica  voracem 

Dum  Condens  hamum,  ficcupidoscapicns,, 
Nee  minus  AgricoU  dam  tendit  retia  Turdm 

Prxdafit^  autF/fiofafl/turlpfefuo  : 
Sifequeris  Lcporem^  pedbu^  petit  Ille  falutem. 

Current!  flimulos  addit  ^  Ipfe  metus. 
Sin  Rubls  evigiles  trernuUs  mult o  cane  Damas, 

Ojiendunt^  nemori  non  adhibcnda,  Fides, 
Sis  nbicnnque  velis^  facias  modo  quidlibct^  Omne 

Te  Cruciaty  Menti  nifit  arnica  quies, 

Infuh 


QW 


Infula  Britannica  ad  fcipfam. 

)Uidm9ror  in  terras  ?  Pinus  hfcendit  in  undas^ 
Et  tondet  Vitreas  CUpcafylvdcomas  . 
Gallia  ^  quid  prefers  ?  quid  Tu  Teutonics  tent  as  ? 

Hejperiefqf^e  tais  quidve  Carina  Malls. 
Num  dahttis  Legem  oceano  Mihi  ^ura  negantem^ 

Ltttora  Cui,  Liquidus  faret  cJ-  Oceanm, 
Confciam  eximias  Aurato  tegminePuppeSy 

Signentur  Ruhr  a  Candida  vela  cruce, 
Ne  car  earn  verbis  uhi  Recium  quArere  lus  ejl^ 

Pulmonesflrenuosy  &rea  Linguavomet. 
Mceniafi  quifquam  violentifulmine  tundct^ 

Lt^nea forte futety  Igneaqueinveniet. 


D 


Chloric  Complaint. 

Oc  not  the  Planets  f  howlberc 

They  wander)  ftill  retain  a  proper  fphere  < 

And  feaibns  fervc  the  year  to  blefs. 
Although  the  Storms  and  Tempefts  are  no  lefs  1 

Seem  not  becalmed  Seas  more  fair. 
Than  if  th'had  never  been  irregular  ^ 

And  fliall  fond  Man  alone  be  faid. 
To  be  of  all  things  elfe  unpacifi'd  -T 

Lions  to  Lions  kinde,  and  Bears 
Friendly  to  fuch-  fo  Wolves  partake  o'th'  fears 

With  their  purfued  kin  •,  The  fell- 
Eft  Tyger  can  with  her  affociate  dwell : 

And  yet  fas  if  unhuman'd)  we 
By  no  means  with  each  other  can  agree^ 

R  2  So 


( 13°) 

So  that  (wc  may  degenerate 
From  Natures -mandate  j  all  our  Paffion  s  hatf , 

And  where  a  Mifchief  may  befall. 
All  Difpofition  s  turn'd  to  Prodigall , 

Nor  is  there  for  Compaffion 
Left  any  room  fnow  t*s  out  of  fafhion J 

Befriend  mc  wind,  I'll  try  the  wave. 
Though  fome  thcr  be  muft  fink^yet  fom  'tmay  fave, 

My  Kalendar  yet  marks  out  fpring, 
Dif-guft  may  (hake,  not  blaft  the  BlofToming. 

And  therefore  as  I  roav'd  aftray, 
'Tis  reconciling  Truth  points  now  the  way. 

In  which  I  would  be  thought  as  farr 
From  variation,  as  the  fixedft  Starr  •, 

But  with  aconitant  fhining  thence, 
Ser\^e  King  and  Countrey  by  my  Influence. 


My  Nev^y cars-gift  to  the  Times. 

Ts^Ovum  a^eriens  lanitor  nunc  Annumy 

LimBifromis  £luis  Nothm  Cdifartim^ 
Keflet  eb  viiiam  lenge  Britanmamy 
Xemfl^  cUuluru^  itertim  Britunnicis  ? 

Barhartem  mnquamy  (velrarofaltem) 
Tamferam  mcmini  Legi(fefeclh' 
Vt  i^im  ojlendittir^ 
Fratres  in  Fratres; 
Fili^  Filitquey 
Obedtentia  omniy 
7'nnquamfrotinHS  foluti^ 
JnmAtres  etiam.^  m  ?  aires  ^ 
Vim  fermt  rapde^ 

FArcntesjnHtuo\  Natos 


030 

'  I^Atos  natafque  maximo 
Habent  OdiOy 
■  Sexuij  JEtates  licet  ntimera^^ 
Diffenfionum  undique  queruUs  5 
R^xafque  inteHigu  (jr  InvidU 
Artes  minifiramur  apdu}-^ 
Major  em  fuh  Leonino 
Temferiem  tnventns  Axe,  vel  Canine^ 
Tamfervida 
Torquet  Alterutrinquelray 
Adeoque  torret  Difcordtarum  Thmma^ 
Vtdefiruit  ^  conjumit  OmnU  : 
Friget  in  hoc  dfiu  tamen^ 
Charitatis  foUmen, 
Et  ^uicquidjkviti^ 
Produxit  unquam  Scythia: 

Glaciaiis  Sph^ra, 
Hujus  inimiciti^ 
Fiat  Imago  vera, 
Bellica  fuimm 
Fr^da  Romanis,^ 
Nee  non  Saxonibtis^ 
^Ijiondamque  Danu, 
Vicinis  etiam  viclima  Normannis, ' 
Afi  in  Poftremo 
Hoc  (ahfente  PoPulo) 
^ui  nos  confundat  Seculo, 
Ipfofmet  petimtis 
Etfro  Purpureo'ViUire^ 
^ifquc  nunc  tingitur  Fratris  Cruore, 


U  iiJ. 


R  3  Tf/e 


(»30 

The  Tift  of  y.ovemheTy  being  in  Kent  aflony  Comtrej, 

A  M  I  in  Kent  <  and  can  I  be  no  more 
^*' Befriended  than  to  want  a  Stone  to  fcore 
Thar  (cape  from  Danger  •  which  had  it  o'r-come, 
Mi^ht  have  both  Conquered  Kent  and  Chnflendorne. 
Dye-mans  although  not  rare  now ,  Rubies  are 
Through  our  Diflentions  made  peculiar 
Blaz'ners  of  Vertues  Heraldry :  nor  can 
The  Tindure  ferve  of  the  Cornelian  5 
The  Topaz^Saphire,  and  the  Emrald  may 
On  fingers  worn,  proclaim  it  Holiday : 
But  1  muft  finde  a  whiter,  though  it  came 
Not  far,  but  whence  fair  Albion  took  its  name. 
The  Chffs  of  Dover^  on  whofe  Candid  Breft 
I  fhall  prefume  to  ihare  an  intereft 
On  this  Occafion,  that  no  Kubricks  fpell 
May  henceforth  in  fome  Bookers  Chronicle 
Eclipfe  my  glory,  or  exempt  my  praife , 
By  ranking  me  amongfl  the  Workedayes. 
Surely  the  Dye  that  black  defign  put  on. 
Would  crave  the  bed  of  all,  and  whiteft  Ston 
To  mark  that  Providence,  which  did  prevent 
The  milchief  of  that  vap'ring  Element  : 
Which  Hatch'd  below,  lliould  our  Conceptions  roufe, 
(In  that  before  it  grew  pernicious. 
The  Shell  was  crack'd  ^  and  fo  that  enterprife 
Was  vanquifli'd,  with  th'abortive  Cockatrice ) 
Firflto  the  great  Deliverer,  and  then 
Afrccdomc  of  acknowledgment  'mongft  men , 
1  hat  all  of  them  may  (as  their  fortunes  are  j 
Spend  fomething  ona  folemnizingcare. 
And  as  the  Powder  fliould  have  been  our  chance. 
Now  let  'texprcfs  loud  our  deliverance,  Anglia 


Anglia  Hortus. 

npHe  Garden  of  the  world,  wherein  the  Rofc 
-■■  In  chief  Comnaanded,  did  this  doubt  propofe 
To  be  refolv'd  in  •,  Whether  fenfc  to  prife 
For  umpire  to  Create  it  Paradife  ; 
One  led  by  th'Ear  of  Pliilomel  tels  tales  , 
And  ftraightway  cals't  the  land  of  Nightingales . 
An  Other  fharperfighred,  raviHi'd,  cryes, 
O  that  I  could  be  turn'd  now  all  to  eyes  1 
A  Third  received  fuch  raptures  from  the  taft 
Of  various  dainty  fruits,  that  it  furpaft  5 
A  Fourth  was  caught  (not  with  perfume)  commends 
The  Indian  Clime,  but  what  here  Nature  lends  5 
Laft,  if  you  would  Sattinsor  Velvets  touch , 
For  foft  and  fmooth.  Leaves  can  afford  you  fuch. 
And  thusdifpof'd,  whilfl  every  Scnfc  admires, 
'Tis  fenflefs  t  plant  'mongft  Rofcs ,  Thiftles,  Briars . 


UuHmachia. 

In  Pugnam  Navalem  inter  Hij^^nos  &  Batavos^  die 

Odlobris  ,  ^^rjo  1639.    CommifTam  in  freto 

t^ulgo  Le  ma/icher,  ubi  viftoria  His,  ruina 

quam  foeliciffime  lUisaccidit. 

QafliliaitA  fuos  ardentes  linquere  Portus 

Jujla  efi  Nepuno  ^  frigidtore  frui  : 

Qccurrit  Liquids  Teutonka  cla^is  ab  Oris, 

Vt  Ligm  huic  Ignes  fu^feditAre  queat. 

Sole 


C»34; 

Sole  exujla  fuo  [oh it  de  littore  Pupfid\ 

Irangitur  c-r  TepiJis  Artthm  inter  aquas. 
BelU  ^erunt  Homines,  nee  non  Elements  vicipm^ 

^  Contendunt  vires  n$tificare  fuas. 
Ignea  fuhlirnes  vis  occupat^  Altera  mergif 

Tumofa  JErios  Afnhitioncs  hahet  : 
Sola manct  no[lras  Terreflriatntd  [alutes 
Ab  Aqiu  Sc  Conditio  :  ma^eatficJlMita  Diu. 


Ifi^ne  libera 
vit  nos  Do 


Ad  Amicum  fuper  quatuor  Anni  Tcmpora 

&  quutuor  States  homimun  Comparative. 

■'^Rumalis  fecit  incinjtantta, 

Te  reddat  Mcefium  ab  hifantia^ 
Ver  pfAheat  llores  vanitatis 
Ideo  juventutis,  fatis 
Virihiis  Virilis  £tas^ 
In  JEjldte  cum  nil  met  as 
JEfiuet  vano  :  dtim  fenefcis 
J^ara  fiuffum^  adejlmefis, 

JEfiivum,  Hyemale^vernum, 
Ceres  ducurn  in  Aternum, 


My  happy  Life^  to  a  Friend. 


D 


earcft  in  Friendfhip,  if  you'll  know 
Where  I  my  fclf,  andhowbeftow, 

Efpecially  when  as  I  range^ 

Guided  by  Nature,  to  love  change  ; 

Beleeve,  it  is  not  to  advance 

Or  add  to  my  inheritance  5 


Seeking 


030 

Seeking  t'engrofs  by  Power  (amifs) 
What  any  other  Man  calls  his : 
But  full  contented  with  my  ownc, 
I  let  all  other  things  alone  5 
Which  better  to  enjoy  'thout  ftrife> 
I  fettle  to  a  Countrey  life  5 
And  in  a  fweet  retirement  there, 
Cherilh  all  Hopes,  but  banifh  feat> 
Offending  none-,  fo  for  defence 
Arm'd  Capapee  with  Innocence  ^ 
I  doe  difpofc  of  my  time  thus^ 
To  make  it  more  propitious. 

Firft,  my  God  ferv'd  5  I  doe  commend 

The  reft  to  fome  choice  Book  or  Friend^ 

Wherein  I  may  fuch  Treafure  finde 

T'inrich  my  nobler  part,  theMinde. 

And  that  my  Body  Health  comprife, 

Ufe  too  fome  moderate  Exercife  ^ 

Whether  invited  to  the  field. 

To  fee  what  Paftime  that  can  yield. 

With  horfe,  or  hound,  or  hawk,  or  t'bee 

More  taken  with  a  well-grown  Tree  •, 

Under  whofe  Shades  I  may  reherfe 

The  holy  Layes  of  Sacred  Verfe  5 

Whilft  in  the  Branches  pearched  higher. 

The  wing'd  Crew  fit  as  in  a  qiiier : 

This  feems  to  me  a  better  noife 

Than  Organs,  or  the  dear-bought 'voice 

From  Pleaders  breath  in  Court  and  Hall 

At  any  time  is  ftockt  withall  : 

For  here  one  may  (if  marking  well) 

Obferve  the  Plaintive  Philomel 
•  -  S  Bemoan 


Bemoan  her  forrows*,  and  the  Thrufh 
Plead  fafety  throngh  Defendant  Bufli : 
The  Popingay  in  various  die 
Performcs  the  Sergeant-,  and  the  Pie 
Chatters,  as  if  fhe  would  revive 
The  Old  Levite  prerogative , 
And  bring  new  Rotchets  in  again  5 
Till  Crowes  and  Jackdaws  in  difdain 
Of  her  Pide-feathcrs,  chafe  her  thence. 
To  yeeld  to  their  preheminence : 
For  you  muft  know't  obferv'd  of  late. 
That  Reformation  in  the  State, 
Begets  no  lefs  by  imitation, 
Amidft  this  chirping  feather'd  Nation  5 
Cuckoes  Ihgrate,  and  Woodcocks  fome 
Here  are,  which  caufc  they't  feafons  come. 
May  be  compar'd  to  fueh  as  ftand 
At  Terms,  and  their  returns  command  5 
And  left  Authority  take -cold. 
Here's  th'Ivyes  g^ieft  of  wonder,  th*  Owl, 
Rufft  like  a  Judge,  and  with  a  Beak, 
As  it  would  give  the  charge  and  fpeak : 
Then  'tis  the  Goofe  and  Buzzards  art 
Alone,  t'perform  the  Clients  part . 
For  neither  Dove  nor  Pigeon  Ihall, 
Whilft  they  are  both  exempt  from  gall- 
The  Augur,  Hern,  and  foaring  Kite, 
Kalendar  weather  in  their  flight . 
As  doe  the  Cleanlier  Ducks,  when  they 
Dive  voluntary,  wafh, prune,  play^ 
W  ith  the  fair  Cygnet,  whofc  delight 
Is  to  out- vie  the  fno w  m  white. 


^    And 


037> 

And  therefore  alwayes  feeks  to  hide 

Her  feet,  left  they  allay  her  pride. 

The  Moor-hen,  Dobchick,  Water  ra''^ 

With  little  Wailidiih  or  Wagtail  5 

The  Finch,  the  Sparrow,  Jenny  Wren, 

With  Robin  that's  fo  kinde  to  men  s 

The  Whitetail,  and  Tom  Tit  obey 

Their  fcafons,  bill  and  tread,  then  lay  • 

The  Lyrick  Lark  doth  early  rife. 

And  mounting,  payes  her  facrifice  5 

Whilft  from  fome  hedg,  or  clofe  of  furrs. 

The  Partridge  calls  its  Mate,  and  churrs^ 

And  that  the  Countrey  feem  more  pleafant. 

Each  heath  hath  Po\vt,  and  wood  yeelds  Phefant  5 

lunoes  delight  with  Cock  and  Hens 

Turkies,  are  my  Domeftick  friends: 

Nor  doe  I  bird  of  Prey  inlift, 

But  what  I  carry  on  my  Fift : 

Now  not  to  want  a  Court,  a  King- 

Fiiher  is  here  with  Purple  wing , 

Who  brings  me  to  the  fpring-head,  where 

Cryftall  is  Lymbeckt  all  the  yeere. 

And  every  Drop  diftils,  implies 

An  Ocean  of  Felicities  5 

Whilft  calculating,  it  fpins  on. 

And  turns  the  Pcbles  one  by  one, 

Adminiftring  to  eye  and  earc 

New  Stars,  and  mufick  like  the  Sphere ; 

When  every  Purle  Calcin'd  doth  run, 

Andreprefent  fuch  from  the  Sun  : 

Devouring  Pike  here  hath  no  place. 
Nor  is  it  ftor 'd  with  Roach  or  Dace5 

S  z  The 


The  Chub  or  Chevcn  not  appears. 
Nor  Millers  Thumbs,  nor  Gudgeons  herc^ 
But  nobler  Trowts,  befet  with  ftones 
OfRubie  and  of  Diamonds, 
Bear  greateft  fway  •.  yet  fome  intrench , 
As  fliarp-finn'dPearch,  and  healing  Tench  j 
The  ftream's  too  pure  for  Carp  to  lie, 
Subjcft  to  perfpicuitie , 
For  it  muft  here  be  underftood , 
There  arc  no  beds  of  fand  and  Mud,. 
But  fuch  a  Gravel!  as  might  pofe 
The  beft  of  Scholars  todifclofe , 
And  books  and  learning  all  confute. 
Being  clad  m  water  Tiflue  fute. 

Thefe  cool  delights  help'd  with  the  air 

Fann  d  from  the  Branches  of  the  fair  , .         _  ,. 

Old  Beech  or  Oak,  enchancmems  xk         rnd  I  Irb  *  o>f 

To  every  fenfes  facultie  5 

And  mafter  all  thofe  powers  fliould  give 

The  will  any  prerogative  : 

Yet  when  the  fcorcbing  Noon-dayes  heat^ 

Incommodates  the  Lomng  Neat^. 

Or  Bleating  flock,  hither  each  one 

Hafts  to  be  my  Companion. 

And  when  the  Weftcrn  Skie  Avith  red-  jl^-}  il!i*1  W 

Rofesbcftrewsthe  Day-ftar-sbed:  '--^ 

The  wholfome  Maid  comes  out  to  Milk 

In  riifTet-coats^but  skin  like  filk  ^ 

Which  though  the  Sun  and  Ait  dies  brown. 

Will  yecld  to  none  of  all  the  Town 

For  foftnefs,  and  her  breaths  fweet  fmdU 

Doth  all  the  ncw-wiJck  Kk  cxccll  j 

She 


She  knows  no  rotten  teeth,  nor  hair 
Bought,  or  Complexion  t'make  her  fair  . 
But  is  her  own  fair  wind  and  drcfs. 
Not  envying  Cities  happinefs  : 
Yet  as  fhe  would  extend  fome  pitty 
To  the  drain  d  Neat  (he  frames  a  ditty, 
Which  doth  inchant  the  beaft,  untill 
It  patiently  lets  her  Paile  fill  5 
This  doth  the  babbling  Eccho  catch. 
And  fo  at  length  to  me't  doth  reach : 
Straight  roufed  up,  I  verdid  pafs. 
Concluding  from  this  bonny  Lafs, 
And  the  Birds  ftrains,  'tis  hard  to  fay 
Which  taught  Notes  firft,  or  fhe,  or  they : 
Thus  raviih'd,  as  the  night  draws  on 
Its  fable  Curtain,  in  Fm  gon 
To  my  poor  Cell^  which 'caufe  'tis  mine^ 
I  judge  it  doth  all  elfe  out-fhine. 
Hung  with  content  and  weather-proof. 
Though  neither  Pavement  nor  roof 
Borrow  from  Marble-quarrbelow , 
Or  from  thofe  Hills  where  Cedars  grow» 
There  I  embrace  and  kifs  my  Spoufe, 
Who  like  the  Fefia  to  the  houfc , 
A  SuUibub  prepares  to  fhow 
By  care  and  love  what  I  muft  owe. 

Then  calling  in  the  Spawn  and  frie. 
Who  whilft  tficy  live  ne'r  let  us  die  5 
But  every  face  is  hers  or  mine, 
Though  minted  yet  in  leffcr  Coin  j 
She  takes  an  Apple,  I  aPIumbe, 
Encoura^cnxents  for  all  and  fome : 

S3  Till 


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Till  In  return  they  crown  the  herrh 
With  innocent  and  harmlefs  mert.>. 
Which  fends  us  Joyful!  to  our  reft, 
More  than  a  thoufand  others  bleft. 


Dc  Imperatorum  Julianorum  linear  ultimo; 

Et  Sulpitii  five  Elediorum  primo. 

7/T  Cadat  infcelix  nee  Jiccd  merte  Tyra?irus^ 

Vindi[lam  Tatr'iA  Vtnd'tcis  Arma  ddhant : 
Nempe  Nercnis  erat  Fatum  dum  terrmt  urbem^ 

Tandem  terrifico  fuccuhijje  lugo. 
Sic  Calvum  Galham  affellant,  fceftroque  recepto^ 

Temmmt  Cal'utuem  Piebs  opmata  fuam^ 
J^id  tu  Cdfareo  gauderes  nomine  Sergi  ^, 

Cum  non  Cafar/es  ul/a  r^liffa  tihi. 
Jmperium  ft  fort}  vdit  fupplere  reUcium^ 

Debuit  c^  Capitt  Comperi:([e  Comtt^. 

Engliih'd  thus  : 

That  the  unhappy  iV^r^  might  be  faid 
To  fall  moft  like  a  Tyrant,  not  in  bed. 
Vindex  in  France  raif  'd  Armes,  and  fought  thereby 
To  vindicate  the  wrongs  of  Italy  : 
The  Fates  were  juft  to  Him,  fo  frighted  Rome, 
Making  at  laft  fear  Mafter  of  his  doom  : 
So  Bal^-pate  Galba  to  the  Throne  did  rife. 
Whom  ftraight  the  Common-people  'gan  defpife. 
Crying,  Why  fliouldft  thou  Cdfars  name  put  on,  < 
When  all  the  hair  grew  on  thy  head  was  gon  ? 
If  He  the  Empires  Barque  anew  would  rigg. 
He  fhould  have  brought  with  him  a  Periwigg. 


Cf40 

In  quendatn  Fi6lii!em  infirmi  Corporis. 

jNpmum  &'fia^ile  eft  Corpus  tibi  (Ficiile)  verum 
Menitm^ubcuYvo  corf  ore  reffalatet. 


Placet  in  Vulnus,  Maxima  cervix* 

"pLagranti  ftomacho  Turdus  vorat  ur^dique  ZuraSy 

Bum  ferit  arte  gelu  jrigidiore  Diem  : 
Sicmodo  Pin^uefcens  cnfitur^  citiiifque  faratis  ^ 

AucLfu  tngeniis  fr^da  fetendd  jacet. 
S£pius  hoc  dtfcat  Dttefcens  atque  Gulofus, 

Sfcmoderare  dapes  ut  ftbi  lucra  fant. 
FroJ^era  nam  fubito  mntenttir  tempora  Upfuy 

Bt  latei  in  pulchro  gramme  Mortis  acm. 


Z)pon  a  journey  of  His  Majeftys  into  Scotland^ 

and  His  fafe  Return. 

npHe  Planets  whilft  they  move  in  fcverall  Spheres, 
^  Cut  out  our  time  in  weeksj  in  months,  inyeeres. 
In  Night  aad  Day  •,  whofe  revolutions  bring 
The  day,  night,  week,  month,  yeer  into  a  Rin^. 
What  doe  our  Princes  lefs,  when  they  goe  forth 
A  Progrefs  Weft  or  Eaft,or  South  or  Norths 
Is  not  the  firft  ftep  that  they  forward  fet, 
The  Suns,  when  He  his  Golden  locks  doth  wet 
InXAf/z/ilap,  to  all  that  ftay  behinde  ? 
Is  not  the  world  Eclipf 'd  tothem^  and  blinde  ? 

Doc 


Doe  not  will  Minutes  ftrctch,  and  feem  to  grow 
Each  to  an  hour,  to  fiKh  as  think  thenn  fo  f 
Doe  not  our  croft,  yet  longing  hopes,  prefent 
Each  hour  a  month  or  year  in  banifhnicnt  ^ 
They  doe :  and  'twas  not  long  fince  wc  were  they 
Who  ftood  as  Exil'd  from  our  Star  of  Day ; 
Whilft  viliting  Thofe  parts  whence  He  did  rife. 
He  catt  a  General!  fploidor  o'r  thofcSJcies, 
Leaving  us  onely  CynthU  and  her  Train, 
To  gives  us  hopes  He  would  return  again : 
And  fo  he  doth  enrich  again  our  Sky, 
Bringing  thofe  hopes  unto  maturity , 
Our  Clime  with  Tropicus  changed,  and  the  fame 
Seafon  of  day,  now  lengh  of  night  doth  claim  .•  • 
Thofe  onely  who  by  Elevation 
Before  enjoy'd  a  lucid  Horizon, 
Once  yeaiiy  now  with  more  per fedion  fhine 
A  whole  monihyPMus^  fufrering  no  decline  : 
Did  I  but  call't  a  month  1  They  deem'd  it  lefs. 
If  they  could  apprehend  their  happinefs  5 
And  we  Fm  fure  hadr^afon  t'think  it  more , 
Than  many  Ages  counted  ore  and  ore. 

For  as  the  Suns  withdrawing  leaves  one  world, 
Into  a  Winters  Tyrannie  t'be  hurld, 
Whilft  it  doth  blefs  an  Other  -,  fo  'twas  thus 
In  Scotland^Iune-^  but  February',  with  us 
Till  his  return  ^  whicli  changed  the  Seafon  quite. 
Then  ours  with  Corn,  with  Snowtheir  hils  were  wliitc 
The  night  that  was  relignes,  and  day's  begun 
With  us  already  by  ourGracious  Sun. 
Let  Them  pafs  Envie-free  who  boaft  them  may 
In  the  pofleiTion  of  this  Month  or  Day  y 
For  time  wrapt  up  in  fwiftnefs  doth  appeac 
When  paft ,  ?as  if  an  Age  were  but  a  year.  A 


A  year  a  month,  a  month  a  week,  and  That 
An  houre  or  minute,  whilft  we  confolate 
Ourfelves  mayinthisblifs^  that  future  time 
Seems  alwayes  flower- winged  in  its  CUme  .* 
Their  Jubile  was  ihort  and  quickly  gone. 
Ours  under  Ch  arl  e  s  is  a  Perpetuall  one. 

In  (juendam  nomine  Stone-honfe. 

QAxea  Pulchr^Bomu^fions  e[i  fed  nulla  fdend^^ 
Namjtipfam  introeas  ^  invenies  vacuum. 

Jo  N.  B.  an  Angler. 

nPHou  that  doft  caft  into  the  Silver  brook 
^  Thy  worm- fed  Hook, 

The  greedier  Fifhes  fo  to  cheat 
Seeking  for  meat  5 
Remember  that  Times  wheel  will  bring 
Thy  deeds  to  cenfuring  •, 
And  then  as  thou  through  wile 
Thofe  Creatures  didft  beguile. 
So  caught  thou'lt  be  for  thy  deceit. 
And  made  the  food  for  thine  own  bait. 

Let  this  fuffice  to  caufe  thee  t'fteer  aright. 
Both  day  and  night  ^ 
That  skilfully  avoydmg  this. 

That  Shelf  thou  mifs  • 
For  'tis  not  all  for  to  repent 

Thy  youthfull  Daves  misfpent, 
But  care  muft  now  be  had. 
The  future  be  not  bad . 
And  as  thine  Audit  waxeth  near. 
So  Thy  accounts  make  perfeder. 

T  In 


(148) 

In  Quendam  Glarcofam. 

QUifquii  Te  docuit  Preceptor ^  fecit  (jr  Idem 
^^-       Littora  ^i  ^fierilem  hohm  aravit  Humum. 


Amoris  Sigillum. 


C'Orpore  Cor  Utitans  nondum  efl  manifejle  notatumy 
O-rey  neque  ingenio  femfer  ineffe  qneat  : 

Y^-emfe  quod  eximium  efi  fretiSque  notabile  cerniint, 
D-ff /idles  aditfu  Cordis  ^  alter  opus, 

l-nnocuos  qu^  corda  'virosyfaciantve  Fideles^ 
h'pmlent  mimis  Pe^us  ^  Ord  fm. 

Engliih'd  : 
Mans  heart  Lockt  up  within  his  fccret  breft. 
Cannot  by  tongue  or  Gefturc  be  exprcft  ^ 
For  what's  of  lo  great  worth,  we  muft  fuppofe^ 
It  is  a  work  of  power  to  difclofe  : 
Such  hearts  as  make  Men  faithfull  and  upright. 
Are  thofe  at  gnce  both  Looks  and  Mindes  unite. 


Ccnii 


(H9) 

Genii  Hujus  Laris  8c  Penatum  falutatio  j 

Ad  Rivulum  Stanliacum  nuper  in  ftagnum 
hoc  Mervordianum  Du(ilimi. 

Q  Dttke  Flumen  Fitreum^ 

Fundens  Cryflallum  Liquidum 
In  Mare  Hoc  BomeJUcum^ 
Ttc  njerum  NcBar  Pifcium  : 

Unices  (^  Allicis  dum  curris 
Somnos^  Muficis  Jufurris : 
Nee  evigiUt  Cadentis 
Aqua  veftra  ut  Torrentts, 
Lie  eat  Rhodano  Loquaci 
Strepitus^  quoniam  fugaci : 
Domum  Banc  Circundatamy 
Munis  &  reddis  Infulam ; 
Si  cut  Orbem  dat  Rotundum 
Thetis^  Tu  cingis  hunc  Mundum. 
Ajferat  Hortorum  Deem 
Friafus ,  Pan  donet  Pecus  : 
Tu  Jilvane  mittas  flores, 
Cypria  Hie  eonflet  Amores^ 
Dearum  feu  Deorum  Chorus^ 
Totus  fiat  Munijicus^ 
Ut  fro  Jplendore  laudeDigno 
Undeeimo  addaris  figno : 

Tune  Omni  Numine  frofitio^ 
Frui  detur  Jaeripcio. 

T   2  Virtus 


0^6) 

Virtus  ^era  Nobilitas. 

^^/y/'Hat  doth  He  ^et  who  ere  prefers 

The  Scutchions  of  His  Ancefters  ^ 
This  Chimney-peice  of  Gold  or  Brafs, 
That  Coat  oi'  Armes  Blazon'd  in  glafs  •, 
When  thofe  with  time  and  age  have  end, . 
Thy  Prowefs  muft  thy  felf  commend. 
The  fmooty  fhadows  of  fome  one 
Or  Others  Tropbees  carv'd  in  Itone, 
Dcfoc'd,  are  things  to  whet,  not  try 
Thine  own  Heroicifm  by. 
For  caft  how  much  thy  Merits  fcore 
Falls  fliort  of  thofe  went  thee  before  •, 
By  fo  much  art  thou  in  arrear. 
And  ftain'ft  Gentility  I  fear. 

True  Noblenefs  doth  thofe  alone  engage. 
Who  can  add  Vertues  to  their  Parentage. 

Z^pOH  a  R(^i 

n^Ramite  nil  7netuat  reBo  ^uitncedere  vellet 
Cafreolus,  cafus  d'evia  Rufis  hahent. 

Z)fon  a  Coch^ 

^Am  wen  NoBurms  Veil  At  vigilant  m  fomnosy 
«^  Nuntius  AuroYA  dummodo  Gatlt*s  adejl. 


Uf$n 


Vpon  King  CHARLES  retHrn  out  of 

Scotland  in  Nev ember ^  1 641 . 

F^Oth  Charles  return  to  make  our  Climate  fliine, 
•■^  And  fhall  not  every  Spring  run  Claret-wine^ 
Is  not  the  Kalendar  reverft,  and  where 
Decembers  dirt,  and  th'Froft  of  Janivere^ 
Threatn'd  a  winter,  now  thofe  (heets  difplay 
Themfelves  ore  fruitfuU  ^nne^  orteeming  May  : 
For  thus  as  'thin  the  Tropicks  may  we  boaft. 
That  two  fair  Seafons  have  twice  bleft  our  Coall: 
Ere  one  whole  year  ran  round  :  The  time  He  went 
Seeming  the  Springs  forerunner^orourLent  5 
For  fo  He  was  but  borrowed^,  and  we  reft 
Pleafd  with's  return  alone,,  who's  intereft 
Sufficient  of  Himfelf,  in  which  bank  lies 
The  Treafure  of  His  fubjeds  hearts  and  eyes  : 
See  how  they  Flock  elfe,  and  with  tumbling  haft 
Are  lefs  content  becaufe  fo  foon  He  paft. 

Befatisfi'dj  ye  have  yourPrince  again, 

Fro'th*  Northland  Ch  arl  i  s  triumphant^not  in  Wain, 


In  qucndam  nomine  Squier, 

haud  Generofum. 

j^Rmiger  es  neque  Arma  geris^  non  Mart  is  at  Art  Is  ^ 
Indutus  Galea  es  Ingcnioquc  vales. 


Vfon 


CH4) 

VpoH  the  King  and  Queens  meeting 

after  long  nhfence, 

nr  He  welcome  fliowcrs  of  Afrils  morning  dew 
^  Dilliird  upon  the  Bofom  of  the  Earth 
Beget  a  May  •  whofe  Liverie  anew 
Cloaths  Fields  and  Woods,  and  there  creates  fuch  mirth 

Amidft  the  winged  Quier  5  that  Eccho  tells 

It  ore  again  from  Natures  Minftrells, 

The  Spicie  Gumms  that  fo  perfume  theEaft, 
To  bid  the  Sun  good-  morrow  •,  are  not  more 
Efleem*d  for  that,  than  is  the  golden  Weft, 
But  that  of  Treasures  Both  have  hidden  ftore. 

Is  manifeft :    no  perils  can  deter 

The  forward  hopes  of  the  Adventurer. 

No  world,  no  feafon,  fpring ,  fummer,  nor  fall 

In  Fruits,  in  Flowers,  Treasures  could  e're  prefent 

Such  fweet  and  wealthy  Joycs  Harmoniall 

From  Countrey,  or  from  Element  ; 

As  when  our  Gracious  King  and  his  bright  Queen^ 
Did  after  Twelve  months  parted  interveen. 


In  Sim.  &  Lev.  Pot,  &  Top. 

"MAtura  His  par  ejl^  Vitio  mm  non  caret  Alter^ 
Et  virtute  Carets  Alter^  uterqueOfibus^ 


Cor- 


Cms; 

Cordium  Concordia  vera. 


It  is  not  meant,  that  three  in  one  fliould  be. 

But  in  each  heart  triple  Capacities 

Wherewith  to  ferve  ones  God,  ones  King,  ones  Friend, 

To  which  affign'd,  and  for  no  other  end  •, 

In  Flaming  Zeal  upwards  to  mount  again , 

In  Loyalty  to  own  a  Soveraign, 

In  mutuall  Love  fociety  t'maintain. 


To  N.  B.  for  his  Company* 

pRiend,  Can  I  be  at  home,  and  you  the  fame, 
■^  Yet  neither  meet^ 

The  Curteous  Flame  the  Flame, 
And  Streams  each  other  greet. 
Although  it  feem  from  either  Pole  they  came, 
Or  farthcft  ftretch'd 
Meridian  fetch' d.: 

S-urely 


Surely  it  is  but  fome  malignant  Starr 

That- would  debarr 
This  Influence,  for  fear 
We  (hould  more  bright  appear : 
Souls  in  Conjunftion  frame  the  perfedt'ft  Sphere, 
So  I  to  you  muft  move,  or  you  move  here. 


Ad  Amicum,  dcVitaBeata. 

-OT^  B  fjunlem  capiat  ^^udice  Tormtdam, 
Vitd  Commodim  Temfora  fehere  : 

Nee  tanturn  tenut  ^ are  at  Ilici^ 

^em  f'angant  Aquilones  ^  nec^ne  vertici 

?inti6  fielliferA  jiaat  ut  ardtio : 

Imis  mn  Car  cant  Ccelica  Culm'^m^ 
Dormitqut  (Hcidnk  Lucifer  Alphm, 

Non  cfi  ut  nihilo  Laudeve  Par^tdo 

Sveret  maxima-^  nam  fern ftr  honor ihm  ^ 

Tantis  tr^jigitur  Lubrica  'Scalula  ^  ^se^ 

JBrge,  nee  cup  at  Ditior  ut  fiet 

Vonti  Teutonici  Littore:  Fertileque 

Agro  vivere  Tagis  celeherrimo 

Nondum  nunc  F  lac  eat :   Virja  Rifula 

Secretin  liceat  fit  nota  paffuhus 

Mentem  nee  laceret^  Fondera  taliht4s 

Ihcumhnnt  Gravid:   ef  Montii  Aentttli 

Ditantem-Locum  ut  in  fuhfidinmfetat, 
Alis  Si'Lineis  pervolct  ^quora 
(^'iifqmm^  Naufrag/um  vixfuget  ultirnum  : 
Etft  tn.Rcmiget  Omnibus  Amnibus. 

FortH6 


050 

Tortus  non  Aditum  hie Invenit  Ullibi\ 

Nam  ^of  in  Tonitrti  Hejperies  Vomit^ 

Dotes  provide  ant  Indica  ^i/ifcera . 

Dum  Marfnpia  fert  Alter  Jp  oflolus 

Simonis  Ftlto  nee  fit  Iniquior  : 
C  Apt  is  VA  nififit  eautHs  JgeHulus, 
Cum  Parvofonitu  fuhrepit  Injeia 
FrigilUy  (^  Nemortim  jurgia  fufeitet^ 
Suhrifum  moveat  Pullus  Hirundwis  ^ 
Necnon  ^  Monachi  eui  B omits  arbor e^ 

Exit  ter  nobilis  eedere  Conjugis^ 

Voto  qui  voluitftt  Ueet  improhumy 

In  Fanumque  haheat  quidquid^  impedit^ 

Mentem  quin  fihi  jam  comparet  integram 

VinjAt  nam  facili^  cumque  parabili 

Re-^  necCarleolis  invidetArtibus. 

SedCoee  vacuus  praparet  AUia^ 

Gujlum  fie  patina  in  contrahat  optimum  : 
Nee  defint  Oleo  Crurula  PuUuIi^ 
Reprenfa  ex  Pridianoque  fuperpite, 
Adfit  Bcs  Aridus^  Ltngulaque  Htnnuli 
Suis  Buecina,  lentacula  opttmt 
Condi t  Raneida  tunc  Artoerea  addita 
BaccA  Cerv/fia  efi  in  pretio^  ajferat 
Promtis  Poeulaque  Alamedentiea  : 
Se6iari  Leporem  Climate  Limpidoy 
Dumfuadet  Catulis  horafagaeibus, 
Cedant  Temporihus  dumque  Canieulis 
Bri'mA  fydera  jam  quintet  anxie  : 
Damirum  Domus,  tn  jQueis  tremehunduU 
Terret  Hojpites  ^  Stlva  Populeis. 

Si  quando  liheat  Limine  proprio 

Verfari  Officiis^nonSaltanbus 

U  I4c7et 


Jaffef  Toemintk  5  ^cd  ut  Equeflribus 
Seexornet  fludtis^  FenaFerocihu^ 
Dnns  Vttllis  •  Sonipes  Lorea  defpuat : 
JSlunc  volvens  ved.hu^  quels  viduaverat 
VnlturnU'S  NcmorHy  ^  nunc  Folia^  abditu 
In  Mnfeolis  (^  verten  Daffylo^ 
Stcftque  utvalido  Corforegaudeat 
Solntm  Medico  Hie,  dtque  AnimofimuL 


In  praife  of  Fidelia. 

Ex  thee  a  Ship  well  rigg'd  and  tight, 

^  With  Ordnance  ftore,  and  Man  d  for  fight. 

Snug  in  Her  Timbers  Mould  for  th'Seas, 

Yet  large  in  Hould  for  Merchandies  5        ■ 

Spread  forth  her  Cloth,  and  Anchors  waigh. 

And  let  Her  on  the  Curld-waves  play. 

Till  Fortiine-tow'd,ftie  chance  to  meet 

Th'Hefperian  home-bound  Weftern  Fleet  5 

Then  let  Her  board-um,  and  for  Price 

Take  Gold-ore,  Sugar-canes,  and  Spice. 
Yet  when  all  thefe  Sh'hath  brought  a  fhore. 
In  my  Fidelia  I'll  finde  more. 

T^vpo  Turtles  billings  and  death  tPith  bis  Sit  be 

ever  them,  ready  to  make  feparation  •   To  whom  this 
Divide  &  Impera. 

"VI  Ature  hath  ore  Affedion  fo  much  won, 

•^^  To  knit  a  knot  never  to  be  undon 

Whilfl  life  remains  ^  but  DIath  to  ihew  his  power 

Cuts  and  Divides,  fo  becomes  Emperour  : 

Yet  the  Relidt  for  to  prevent  Fates  charmes, 
Dothvolunpry  fleck  into  Deaths  armes»  To 


053^ 

T^5/r  John  Went  worth,  upon  his  Curio Jttief 

and  Courteous  entertainment  at  Swmm^dY 

tn    L  O  V  I  N  G  L  A  K  D. 

"yy^Hen  thou  thechoiceof  Natures  wealth  haft  skand. 
And  brought  it  to  compare  with  LevingUnd-^ 

Know,  that  thou  maift  as  well  make  wonder  lefs, 

By  fancying  of  two  Timbering  Phoenixes 

At  the  fame  time :  and  dream  two  Suns  to  rife 

At  once^  to  caft  fire  'midft  thofe  Spiceries : 
(Pregnant  She  is)  yet  that  muft  not  deny 
The  pureft  Gold  to  come  from  Barbary  , 
Diamonds  and  Pearl  from  xh' Indies  ^  to  confer 
On  every  Clime  fome  thing  peculier  , 
(Vox  fo  She  hath:)  And  like  a  fum  to  all 
That  Curious  is,  feems  here  moft  liberall. 
Affording  in  Epitome  at  leaft, 
What  ere  the  world  can  boaft  of,  or  call  beft. 
Now  as  contracted  vertue  doth  excell 
In  power  and  force.  This  feems  a  Miracle  5 
Wherein  all  Travoilers  may  truly  fay. 
They  never  faw  fo  much  in  little  way  : 
And  thence  conclude  their  folly,  that  didfteer 
To  feek  for  that  abroad,  at  home  was  neer 
In  more  perfcftion  :  Wouldft  thou  Phcehc  meet, 
ApoHo^  or  the  Mufes  ?  not  in  Greet 
And  Greece^  but  Here,at  Summerly, xhoit  are 
Remov'd  to  dwell,  under  a  Patrons  care, 
Who  can  as  much  Civility^xprefs, 
As  Candie  lies,  or  G recta  Barbaroufncfs : 
Wouldft  thou  be  fheltred  under  Vaphnes  groves. 
Or  choofe  to  live  in  Tcmpe^  or  make  loves 

U2  To 


To  any  place  where  Shepherds  'wont  to  lie 
Upon  the  Hills,  Piping  iecurity 
Unto  their  flocks:"  here  the  fweet  Park  contains^ 
More  eevennefs  than  the  Arcddian  Plains  .* 
Nor  yet  enchanted  by  thofe  fliadowed  rings. 
Some  fay  the  Fairies  print  with  Revellings, 
But'sallinoncdyeclad^  and  doth  appear 
Like  the  Springs  Favourite  throughout  the  year. 
TheufefullAlli,  and  fturdy  Oak  are  fet 
At  diftance,  and  obey  •,  the  Brambles  met 
Embracing  twine  int' Arbours,  to  conceal 
And  harbour  fuch  as  ftock  this  Common- weal-, 
Untill  their  Mafler  pleafe  they  fliould  delight 
His,  or  his  Friends  defire  and  appetite : 
All  tales  of  Satyrs  banifh'd  are  from  hence. 
And  fabled  Goblins  that  delude  the  fence  $ 
'Tis  reall  Ven'fon  and  abroad,  in  pafte 
Alike  may  fatisfie  both  eye  and  tafte. 
The  Nobler  Plants,  as  Firre  Deal,  and  the  Pine 
Weeping  out  Rozen,  bleeding  Turpentine  j 
Like  the  Life-guard,  upon  the  Hall  attend 
At  nearer  diflance  •,  where  the  Gods  defcend 
To  keep  their  Courts,  and  either  Globe's  devif'd. 
To  gralJ3  the  Elements  Epitomif 'd. 

The  Sun-beams  fteady  Fire,  with  the  Aire 

Of  the  inconftant  winds  Indiall'd  are  : 

So  whilft  the  one,  the  Houre  doth  infer,    ■ 

The  Other  Points  a  rule  for  th'Mariner  ; 

Earth  here-s  Embroydered  into  Walks,  fomc  ftrair. 

Others  like  Serpents  are,  or  worms  to  bait 

Occafions  hook  till  every  humor  come. 

And  fcedhere  fat  as  in  Elyfium, 


Noi 


Nor  is  there  water  wanting  in  this  wood  , 
Clear  as  if  running,  Calm  as  if  it  flood  5 
And  fo  coGtriv  d  by  Natures  helper  Art, 
There's  no  appearance  from  the  whole  or  part, 
That  any  fullen  S'uce  to  malice  bent 
Can  open,to  impair  that  Element-, 
Nor  yet  rh' Ambition  of  a  Springs  ore-flow, . 
Caufe  it  t'excced,  or  Limits  overthrow. 

Thus  like  a  gold  Chain  link'd,  or  Bracelet  ftrung, 

From  Carkanet  Pleafures  on  Pleafures  hung , 

And  fuch  deiightfull  objefts  did  defcry 

Purfuing  of  each  other,  that  the  ey  : 

Aftonilh'd  at  fuch  wonder^  did  crave  reft. 

For  fear  of  Forfeiting  its  intereft 

In  fg great  bhfs,  for  over-dazled  t'grew. 

And  dim  of  fight  made  by  each  objed  new. 
So  there*s  a  parley  granted,  and  fome  fpace 
ITo  gather  ftrength'twix  This  and  t'other  place^ 
But  veryJhortjjQOt  half  a  Mile  at  moft, 
We  landed  v;ere  again,  and  made  a  Coaft ; 

Where  if  all  ancient  Poets  were  to  write,  , 

They'd  need  no  other  fountain  to  indite 

Story  of  all  kindes  with,  but  dip  their  pen. 

Then  fwear  the  Mufes  more  then  nine,  were  ten  5 

For  here  dwelt  one  whofe  Magick  could  infuft 

A  fluency  beyond  all  other  Mufe , 

And  Court  the  Soil,  with  fo  much  Art  applide,  • 

That  all  the  world  feems  Barbarous  befide. 

Here  Fifh  and  Fowl  inhabit  with  fuch  ftate, 
A^  Lords  and  Ladies  wont  when  ferv'd  in  Plate^ 
Rich  Arras,  or  the  like.  Bill,  Breed,  and  fwim 
In  all  delightful]  folace  to  the  brim. 

U  3  Dccoy'd 


C'50 

Decoy'dby  fo  much  raptnrCj  on  wc  pafs 
Unto  a  Caftle  that  enchanted  was 
By  th'magick  fpell  of  Mufick ;  till  there  fet 
We  found  a  Cod  like  to  Euterpe's  net. 
To  catch  all  Paflengers,  the  Lesbian  Lute, 
O'rcome  in  harmony  became  there  mute  .• 
Whilft  as  for  Table  to  the  Song-books  ferv'd 
The  Cryftall  fountain  /  fo  have  I  obferv'd, 
W  hen  walking  near  a  ftream,  the  heavens  to  be 
Beneath  my  feet^  to  eafe  Aftronomie  .• 
There  tell  the  Gammuth  of  the  Stars,  and  crack 
Of  all  their  motions  even  mxhTychohrack, 
The  Fablers  of  old,  I  guefs,  might  finde 
Some  Objeds  t'help  invention,  but  the  mindc 
Was  fure  Prophetick ,  for  what  ever  is 
Dcfcrib'd  for  rare  by  them,  'twas  meant  by  this* 
And  yet  this  falls  iliort  too,  when  He  to  whom 
The  Coft  and  Care  Owes  tribute, 's  there  to  fum 
Up  All,  with  fuch  humanity,  and  prcfs 
Of  crowded  Favours,  and  heap  d  Curtefics, 
As  Friendihip  were  a  Jeweller  the  while, 
His  welcome  fecm'd  the  Diamond,Thofe  the  foilc. 


Ad  Amicum  «grotantcm. 

QMnes  Te  invifum  'uemunt  Mgrote^alehaSy 
Nee  f  Herat  Ccmitisjpes  t^bi,  folt^  eras  : 

Haudte  etenim  tnvtdeo^  tmti  nam  non  valet  hofp^s^ 
£luem  7mht  det  morbus,  [cd  bene  Solus  ero»  i  }^^ 


Ufori 


0$?) 

Vpon  King  CHARLES'S  meeting  with  the 

Dukes  of  Y  OK  K  and  Glocister,  and  the 

Lady  Eli  7.ab eth,  /'^V  three  children  at 

Maidenhead^  the  1 5  ^/July,  1^47. 

A  Ftcr  a  drowth^  like  welcome  rain, 
^*^To  Bleis  the  Grafs  and  Flowers  again. 
Lick  up  thofe  dufty  heats. deftroy 
Their  Brisker  hude.  Virginity  : 
No  lefs  of  Comfort  arid  of  fweets'         r^Az  A  job  O  p 
Proves  it  now  Charles  his  Children  meets  f  ^  *— -   "'  ^  ^ 
When  an  inteftine  Warlike  force. 
Had  cauf 'd  fo  many  years  divorce. 
He  prays  for  them  •,  their  tender  eyes 
Return'd  Hinuitity  facrificc : 
Untill  each  others  breft appears 
AfFedion  all  diflblv'd  to  Tears , 
Which  to  the  High-mark-point  flown  on, 
Stand  ready  brim'd  for  pailion. 
But  here  all  Humors  that  annoy 
Are  banifh'd;>  and  give  place  to  Joy  5 
Yet  fuch  as  doth  prevaile  oft  times , 
To  make  a  tear  no  mark  of  Crimes. 


Allftreams  come  from^  and  return  to  the  Sea» 

Quarts  aqua^  fitiens  ?  nefcis  quod  Flumina  CunSta 
^—    JnMare  ferafiunt^  nee  fat  ur?  ah  fit  i as. 

Nox 


(158) 

Nox  Diem  fcquitur,  &  Poflr 
Tenebras  Lux. 

'hJOn  fine  no[te  Bies^  Tenebra  nee  luce  carentes^ 
Sed  Comitem  fequitur  Alteruterquefuam, 


To  Prince  CHARLES. 

CO  doth  the  early  Plumb,  the  Pear,  the  Cherry 
"^Commit  a  Rape,  and  make  nice  Females  merry. 
When  longing-ripe  5  as  Your  return  will  blefs 
The  Brittifh  Iflands  with  new  cheerfiilnefs : 
Be  plcaf'd  no  longer  therefore,  S  i  r,  to  tarry. 
Left  a  whole  Gleek  of  Kingdomes  (hould  micarry . 
But  You  that  are  the  Bloffom  of  all  hope , 
Difpell  the  Mifts  from  off  this  Horifcope  5 
And  in  the  ftead  of  Jcloufie  and  feares. 
Let  there  be  harmony  throughout  Your  Spheres. 
There  needs  no  other  MidwiTciy  to  thcfe, 
(As  wifh'd  for  truth,  and  now  defired  peace) 
But  Your  fair  Hand  to  brin^  the  fame  to  pafs. 
And  place  Your  Roya'l  Father  where  he  was. 
This  be  Your  Noble  iflue,  whilft  all  thofc 
Abortive  prove,  that  fo  feem*dto  oppofe  5 

And  while  they' 

Teach  them  to 


-  :,-^ 


r'd  brin^  to  birth,  and  yet  want  ftrcngth, 
know  themfclvcs  and  You  at  length. 


Ifl 


059) 

Inreadventummeum  ad  Antiqaos  Lares* 

/ 

^Empora  ftc  renevant  verm  ft  J?  fidere  Terras, 
Sjhac^frorjdiferis  fie  reparatt  Comis^ 

Pofi  tenehras  fie  ^ata  Dtes  :  ftc  FlurrtinisHndA 
Gaudens  Oceanumrefert:([/furim  : 

Ut  Mens  Antiqtios  tterum  fpecf are  Penates^ 
Extsltans  Ammw quod  hq'ajf^fuos, 

Englifh'd: 

The  Spring  thus  doth  the  Earth  repair, 
The  Wood  thus  puts  on  Leavic  hair 
Of  more  acceptance,  fo'saSparlc 
Of  Light  after  it  had  been  dark : 
The  Rivers  thus  exprcfs  defire. 
Haft  ning  to  finde  their  proper  Sire  5 

As  all  this  My  return  implies 

To  My  Old  Houlhold  Deities. 

Navis  in  Tempcftatc» 

pOrtuna  ^  mentis  dgiturLoca  eerta  tenerey 
Ncfcia  ft  Dominisfiiret  ut  Illafuis. 

The  fallacy  of  hopes  or  wifbes. 

A  LI  prefent  good  goes  lefs :  by  Hopes  we  deem 
^'^Things  Great  ^  as  Lights  farr  diftant  greater  feem. 


(i6o) 

}Jy  Faretrpellt^  thcCoHri. 

,Oe  (fond  Dckidcr  of  our  fcnfcs )  finde  ; 
Some  other  Obje(is  HenceforthV  to  make  blind-e. 
With  that  thy  ghttering  folly  5  for  no  more 
I  will  be  dazled'with  thy  felfer  Ore  5 
Nor  fhall  thy  Syren-fongs  enchant, to  taft 
Or  fmell,  or  touch  thofe  Sorceries  thou  haft; 
But  I  will  ftrive  firft  in  my  felf  to  be 
So  much  mine  own,  as  not  to  flatter  thee  • 
And  then  my  CquntreySj  for:whofew,clfareftili;     i 
My  native  thoughts  prompt  to  imprefs  my  wiU,/      i' 
And  that  draws  Atflion  forth,  whereby  to  fl^ow 
To  whom,  and  what,  and  when, and  where  I  owe : 
Not  as  this  nod,  or  beck,  or  wink,  or  glance    ^,^ 
Would  di(flate  and  imply^  tp^fqllow  ehancc,oriin'-]lKH 
Fortune,  or  Favours  eyey; turning  wheel  •, 
But  to  be  firm  and  Conftant,  back'd  with  fteel 
And  refolution  for  to  give  the  True 
God  what  is  his,  arnl  Ceefar  Tribute  due. 
And  that  in  feafon  too  for  time^and  place. 
As  th'one  requires,  ant^  ^h' 8'^her  affords  grace : 
Nor  fuch  as  onely  from  vain  Titles  fpringSy 
And  turns  to  bubble,  to  court  Prince  or  Kings 
With  fcign'd  applaufes  of  whateVe  they  l^eak 
Or  doe,  be't  ne're  fo  frothy,  fond,  or  weak  5 
B.ut  what  is  clad  in  truth,  and  dares  not  lie. 
Though  all  the  world  fliould  turn  its  Encmie, 
Brand  it  for  want  of  breeding,  and  conclude 
BccaufeitnotdiffdTibleSj^herefovet'srude.  i  -  « 

Thofe  dancing  ditye^  arc!:  'dtone,  nor  longer  fute 
My  difpolition  to  the  Harp  or  Lute, 

Horn- 


Horn-pipCj  or  other  Inftruments  have  been 
The  Common- wealths  difeafe,  ore-fwoln  its  fpleen, 
^ockie  and  ^innie  footing  may  appear 
Moft  trim  at  the  next  Wake  in  Darty-pjire  5 
Cofyer  fail  from  the  Clouds  to  catch  our  ears. 
And  reprefent  the  harmony  o'th'  Spheres  ^  .        .        .. 
m//.  Laufe  excell  the  dyin^  fwan :  Lapeer  ^ ;^[  ^_ ^■'-^ 
Nick  it  with  Ravifhments  from  touch  of  LjrC^ "  ' 
Yet  uncontroul'd  by  ThefeJ  fafely  may 
Survive  •,  fithcnce  not  ftung  by  rh'  Tarantula, 
fThat  tickling  beaft.  Ambition,  that  makes  fport 
In  our  hot  Climate,  call'd  the  verge  of  Court  j 
And  fo  refolve,  dreffing  my  mindes  content. 
Henceforward  tobe  cafm,  and  reprefent 
Nothing  but  what  my  Birth  and  CalHng  draw 
My  life  out  for,  my  God,  my  King,  my  Law.  ^  ^ 

And  when  for  thefe  my  wearied  breath  is  fpent/'^  ^!'^ 
Let  with  my  laft  bipods  drop  one  figh  be  fent. 


Hoi^  to  ride  out  a  Storm.         ^qH  iq 


H 


E  onely  happy  is,  and  wife, 

Can  Cun  his  Barque  when  Tempefts  rife\ 
Know  how  to  lay  the  Helm  and  ftecr  ^ : 
Lie  on  a  Tack  Port  and  Laveer,  "'' ' ' ' 
Sometimes  to  weather,  then  to  Lee, 
As  waves  give  way,  and  winds  agree  5 
Nor  Boom  at  all  in  fuch  a  ftrefs, 
But  by  degrees  Loom  Les  and  Les  •, 
Ride  out  a  Storm  with  no  more  lofs 
Than  the  endurance  of  a  Tofs : 
For  though  he  cannot  well  bear  failc 
III  fuch  a  freih  andpowerfull  Gale, 

X2  Yet 


Yet  when  there  is  naother  ftiift, 

Thinks't  not  amifs  to  ride  a  drift  -, 

To  fliut  down  Ports,  and  Tycrs  to  Hale  in^ . 

To  Seal  the  hatch  up  with  Tarpalin  • 

To  Ply  the  Pump,  and  no  means  flack. 

May  clear  Her  Bilge,  and  keep  from  wrack* 

To  take  in  Cloth,  and  in  a  word;,  \\;;>^ 

Unlade,  arid  cut  the  Maft  by  bord  r  ,^ 

So  Spoonbefore  the  Wind  and  Seas,, 

Where  though  fhe'll  Roule,  fliell  goe  at  eafe  j 

And  not  fbftrain'd,  as  if  laid  under     ,  ir^.f  ^  r{j\ 

The  wave  that  Threatens  fudden  foun^icr^f ,, ;  • 

Andwhilftthe  fury  and.  the  rage,       -   "'  \' 

Leaves  little  hopes  for  Anchorage  5 

Yet  if  She  can  but  make  a  Coafl 

In  any  time,  She'll  not  be  loft. 

But  in  affed:ions  Bay  will  finde 

A  Harbour  fuited  to  her  minde :. 

Where  Cafting  out  at  firft  the  Kedg, 

Which  gives  Her  ground,  and^riviledg 

Of  ftop,  file  fecondlyiets  M  •  ^^  ■  ^ ' '  '    ' 

That  Anchor  from  the  Stream  men  call  5 

The  Others  all  a  Cock-bell  fer, 

One  after  other  down  are  let 

Into  the  Sea  -,  till  at  the  laft'     \  j^,,^  -.  .   ; 

She's  come  to  Moorage,  and  there  faft-. 

In  hopes  to  be  new  Shethd  's  inclin'd  ' 

To  lie  afide  untill  Carin'd  •, 

That  when  She  fhall  be  paid  again. 

So  Grav'd,  She  mayendure  the  Main*  ^i 

Th:  s  when  his  Veflell  hath  out-gon 

This  and  that  rugged  motion. 

His 


His  Pole-ftarr's  fix'd,  and  guides  him  there 
Where  Charles  is  not  in  wain  but  fphere  5 
Then  He'll  another  Voyage  try. 
Laden  with  Faith  and  Loyalty , 
Which  He  no  fooner  parts  with,  than 
Dry  ground  becomes  an  Ocean. 


In  Incurfionem  Guftavicam,  vcl  introitum 

in  Germaniam. 


QFem '  JDomus  Aujlrhca  ab  Pat rih  feci ufer4t  Oris^ 
^^Hunc  *  Gujlnve  funm  ad  jam  remeare  facts  : 
Nemfe  Falntinum  Ccelefli  numine  tutum 

Fecit^  (jr  efl  Populi  DuxDeuslffefui': 
yidity  ^  attomtas'operit  Franconia  ^  fort  as  ^ 

^Hiffanos  refugos^  ^  C^fareofque  fenmt. 
*  Dura  per  immites  falierunt  moenia  flammas^ 

Sdvitiam  prngens  Militia  ^  Ar-va  jacet. 
'  Alh's  cUrafuis  lymph  is  mutata^  colore 

Et  quafi  Rubelcens fmgmnolentafluit . 
Vndeft  <  aut  quorfum  mutatio  tanta  ?    reqiiirU 

^  Curfugis  a  Port  is  Walflane  dire  tuis  i 
^A  ^°  fugiendi  animtim  Fernande  occafo  reddit^ 

£lHi6Tthi  dat  vulnm  ?  quismetm  ora  tenet 
^  ^id  latitas  CUuflris  ta-at^foehciter  unnis 

Cafra  regens  f  njivens  cur  Monument  a  pet  is 
Vltoradefl  Dominus^  Gent  em  vicfamque  reponit 

ViBrlcen^'^  Fopulum  reflitnitque  fuumy 
"  Saxonidfque  -vires  tandem  laxav/t  tn  nfum, 

Et  Suecus  '^  largo  ^'^fiumine  cunBa  tulit. 

las  Populoque  Germanico  tollatur  &  ut  cis  priAmx  reilaurcncar  libcrcates : 
Hyrciaui  fy  Wa  cinaa  Sibi  fubiliu. 

■     X5 


I  Bohemia  rttf 
feu  PaUtinus. 
»  Rex  Succix. 
J  Pro  omni  ir. 
PalacinatusC' 
viutc. 

4  Ex  Opnam. 

5  Wirtsburg. 
*  Magdeburg 
7  Gods  acre 
prxlium  Lif 
«  7Ih  EIvc  fl 
German. 

9  Pa'atinair 

Prague, 

I»  Impcrar_.  w* 

Fugana  paracus  ut 

fa  ma. 

»'  TilIlHjIn  \fo- 

^afteriiim  fubre- 

ptus  uc  faraa  feci 

raendax. 

i>  Saioniz  duX 
?  qai  fc  rventralem 

hue  ufque  refer-/- 

va/Tec. 
P  »J  Hoc  ira  di-  ~ 

ilnt  militum. 
»*Hoc  vc:o  a 
pjricatc  cauf* 
aJ  fufcipicndumr' 
hoc    Bcllum 
maximc  nio^en- 
tiseif.uc  Aquila 
juea  a  Principi- 
AlmaDia  i^i:ali  Tota  &  g.» 

Roics 


(1^4) 
Rofes  &  Lys  unys. 

QUidGdnymed^as  formas  cknis  ^  lev  is  Ignes , 

^^-^     Reddit  enim  Cmqs  Iffe  Cuptdo  Decs  : 

£luidve  Helemm  numeras  ?  nemfe  efi  ferfecfio  FormA 

Unica^  cumfmrint  Lilt  a  nupa  Rofts. 


Vfon  Celim. 

■y^Hilft  Celim  ciitixio  longer  hear 

The  Ncwes-tranfporting  Babbler  5 
Nor  yet  endure  a  Morning  fpcnt 
In  entertaining  Complement 
From  This  or  That  Great  perfon  .•  He 
Feigneth  a  Gouty  Infirmities 
And  better  falfliood  to  difguife. 
His  founder  feet  with  fwathes  Jie  ties. 
And  feems  to  goe  in  pain  as  far,         ,.     .. 
As  art  can  prove  a  Crippeler  :  S,>1  I^^^v 

Till  She  to  Nature  turns  at  laft. 
And  fo  in  earneft  Celims  faft. 


A  happy  Life. 

Hat  which  Creates  a  happy  life. 
Is  fubftance  left,  not  gain  d  by  ftrife, 
A  fertile  and  a  Thankftril  mold, 
A  Chimney  alwayes  free  from  Cold  5 
Never  to  be  the  Client,  nor 
But  fcldome  times  the  Counfellor. 


A  Minde  content  with  what  is  fit^ 
Whofe  ftrength  doth  moft  confiftinWit  5 
A  Body  not^img  prone  to  be 
Sick,  a  Prudent  Simplicities 
Such  Friends  as  of  ones  own  rank  are*, 
Homely  fare,  not  fought  from  farre  -, 
The  table  without  Arts  help  fpread  ; 
A  night  in  Wine  not  buried. 
Yet  drowning  Cares  5    a  Bed  that's  bleft 
With  true  Joy,  Chaftity,  and  reft  • 
Such  (hort  f\veet  Slumber  as  may  give 
Lefs  tim.e  to  die  in't^^  more  to  live  ; 
Thine  own  Eftate  whate'rc  commend. 
And  wifh  not  for,  nor  fear  thine  end. 


In  Magif.  Vilet. 

j^Nni  HdCfrima  Dies  Veris fic  frimd  videtur^ 

§lu!i  fimul  (^  Violam  vidimm  ^  Glaciem. 


To  ^mntianus.  Mart  J,  ^. 

'T'Hat  in  D^r^?»^^^' when  gifts  fly  ^* 

^  From  this  to  that  Friend  mutually , 
I  nought  but  Books  fend,  thoul;  Judg  thus, 
Perhaps  I'm  Avaricious  5 
No,  know  I  hate  thofe  fond  deceits. 
And  Crafts  in  gifts  are  like  to  baits 
On  hooks,  whereon  a  Fly  doth  cheat 
The  greedier  Fifli  when  it  would  eat. 
And  whilft  a  Poor  man  fendeth  not  at  all 
Unto's  rich  fncnds,Hc  feems  more  Liberall .  Tn  ^ 


(166") 

In  quendam  Militem  pancm  in 
dorlum  porcancem. 

*^Entrem  ut  Hie  oneret^  non  tergdm  ontrdrt  recufat, 
Vcntrcm  Onerat  tergdm  quA  exonerare  fuam. 

Ad  Scoro-BritannuHi  cui  Carolus 

noftcr  fe  fubtraxit. 


QUodfugit  ad  Scot0s  Rex^  quid  mirnhih  Scotuf^ 
^^^  Mntuo  nemfe  Anglis  dum  datur  illefuis 
Kcddttus  eft  igitur :  fic  cum  mo  do  debitafolvant 
Cuniti  iterum,  Regem  fac  revemre  Tuum. 

'    Englifh'd: 

What  wonder  is't,  the  King  to'th  Scots  is  fled^ 
When  by  the  Engltlh  He  was  Borrowed, 
So  now's  reftor'd :  that  all  their  debts  pay  thus, 
I'd  wifh  our  Brethren  fend  Him  back  to  us. 


Naturae  defcftus. 

V  a    ¥'d     S^  Peccare grave ejlplactdum  fimul^ integra non ejl 
^J   ^    ^    *  Natura^  exittum  qu£  cupit  If  fa  fuum  ; 

Lex  vel  dura  nimis^  qua,  cum  natura  videtur 
Offenfa^  (JT  Vmliisfe  offsfmQ'efuis. 


In 


In  Mortem  fui  Thelei  ^  J.  D,  fororem 

dufturi.  Anno  1623. 

J^Omlne  ft  hoc  unquam  mors  {Invidiofa}  meretur^ 

Temforaftnt  Lachrymis  digna  vel  ulla  meis^ 
Ecce  ddfunt :  Hymen  ipfe  Tedas  cum  accendere  jufh, 

Accenditqnefuam  Mors  gemihtmddfacem, 
Inque  El  egos  vertn  Nti^ptial/a  Carmina^  nfus 

In  Gemitu^ ;  vejles  nunc  Color  unus  hahet: 
Amaracique  fugntflores  invifd  CupreJJ'us, 

Atquejuls  Ramis  Tempora  Cincia,  tenet. 
Dmnque  Me<z  jam  partem  anim^  rap  it,  altera  reflo 

Mane  us  ^(^*  rngrata  ejlquiemihi  vitamanet. 


In  Obitum  Nobiliflimi  Principis  Mauritii 

Haffiae  Landgravii,  Anno  1633. 

rZUflavum  doleant  Alii^  doledntvefeceffum 

Beu  Frederice  tuum ;  nee  Careant  Lachrymps, 

Fontihm  ex  hints  gemini  manare  dolor cs^ 

Nam  duplex  Cordi  Canftgementis  erat : 

Nunc  m  Triformi  hmc  maneatpars  altera  telis^ 
Impercu^afuis  Mors  in  0 pin  a  re  dip  : 

Tertim  c^  Vrtnceps [evrper  dcflendm  ah  oynni^ 
"     Vartc  peril  ?  at  rut  Laufque  dictifqucfux  : 

Virtutes  Alu  qn.hm  efl  facund:d  narrent^ 

Supprejfa  H^c  tantopondere  Mufa  filets 


An 


(1^8) 
An  Epitaph  on  £.  IV* 


>^Ature  Icnttimc,  fo  He  grew  old 
■^^  And  prodigall  at  once  m  this> 
Setting  it  all  at  flake  'gainft  gold. 
Whereof  He  made  his  greateft  blifs: 
But  when  She  faw  He  took  of  All 
Men  intereft,  yet  paid  Her  none, 
She  Calls  for  in  the  Principall, 
And  layes  it. up  under  this  Stone, 

DefeQ'm  ejl  amhulando. 


On  a  Flayer. 

T^  Hcu  that  lo  oft  in  jeft  was  wont  to  die, 
^  Art  now  tanc  at  thy  word,  and  here  doft  lie  : 
Thine  Afts  had  many  Scenes,  Death^s  had  but  one, 
His  Entry  was  thine  Exit^  bad  be  gone  -, 
Thou  a£t'ft  a  King  no  more,  no  that's  laid  by. 
Nor  any 's  Parafite  in  flattery ; 
Thou  haft  put  off  the  Clowns  flops  now,  nor  art 
Wrapt  with  the  fury  of  a  Lovers  part  ^ 
But  fuit'ft  thy  fclf  in  one,  wherein  all  muft ' 
Thy  fellow- A<aors  be,  to  fleep  in  Duft. . 


Id 


(i6p) 

In  Obitum  Ben.  Johnf.  Poctae  cximii. 

HE  who  began  from  Brick  and  Lime 
The  Mufes  Hill  to  climbe  •, 
And  whilom  bufied  in  laying  Sron, 
Thirfted  to  drink  of  H el/con  • 
Changing  His  TrowcJl  for  a  Pen^, 
Wrote  ftraight  the  Temper  not  of  Dirt  but  Men, 

Now  fithence  that  He  is  turn  d  to  Clay,  and  cron. 

Let  Thofe  remain  of  th'occupation 
He  honored  once^  fquare  Him  a  Tomb  may  fay 
His  Craft  exceeded  farr  a  Dawbcrs  Avay. 
Then  write  upon't^  He  could  no  longer  tarry. 
But  was  return'd  again  unto  the  Qtiarry. 


Of  an  Old  Man. 

Ijr  Appy  is  He  who  on  his  own  fields  ftage, 
•*'  '*' And  no  where  elie,  hath  adted  ore  his  Age  5 
He,  v/ horn  his  own  houfe,  (had  it  eyes  and  tongue) 
Might  fay  it  fees  Him  old,  and  faw  him  young, 
Now  trufting  to  a  ftaff,  he  treads  thofe  fands 
He  formerly  had  crept  on  with  his  hands  •• 
So  reckons  up  the  long  defcent  and  ("dotage 
Through  decays)  of  that  his  homely  Cottage, 
He  ne'r  was  drawn  with  fortunes  Train  to  hafte, 
Nor  did  He  flatter  Forainfprings  withtafte  -, 
He  was  no  Merchant-man  might  fear  the  Straits^ 
Nor  Souldicr  fancying  Military  baits  ^ 

Y2  He 


He  ncv^cr  Pleaded,  neither  ftrifcnor  force. 
Of  brabling  Law-fuits  ever  made  him  hoarfc : 
But  fas  uncapabic  of  bufinefs)  free. 
Cannot  refolve  wliat  the  next  town  fhould  be,. 
Yet  doth  enjoy  a  profpcct  (may  controule 
All  others)  of  the  free  Aire,  and  Pole. 
Nor  cafts  He  up  the  year  by  Confuls  now. 
But  as  the  Fruit-trees  to  their  feafons  bow  ^ 
By  Apples  Autumn,  Spring  by  Flowers  befalls  him. 
One  field  hides  Phc^hm-hcCy  the  fame  recalls  him  : 
And  thus  This  Count rey-fwains  obferving  way 
Meafures  within  his  Orb  the  Courfe  of  Day.. 
He  did  remember  yon  great  Oak,  when 't  ftood 
But  for  a  fapling,  fo's  grown  old  with's  wood : 
And  judgiua  that  fame'^lle  (with lefs  wits  bleft 
More  Barbarifmi^  to  be  tlV  Indies  Eaft  : 
He  doth  conclude  the  Red-  fea  to  beneer, 
Beholding  Stangrotr/id,  Faycet^  andthe  J\/^^r.- 
And  yet  tlirough  ftrength  unconquer'd  he  may  gather 
Comfort,  the  third  Age  fees  him  Grandfather. 
Let  others  wander  to  the  farth'ft  of  Spain, 
The  ^vay  is  onely  Theirs,  but  life  His  gain. 


De  Triftibiis. 

To  a  Cat  bore  me  co7npa?iy  in  Confinement o 

\  Sfoci-ue  to  my  Tears ,  whofe  nature  tride 
'^ Makes  thee  a  fit  Companion  for  my  fide, 
Who  Captive  fit  under  Confinements  wing. 
For.  Beins^  too  a(flive  to  a(ft  fuffenng, 

"  ^  So 


\^\  J 

So  become  Paffive  too :  Scratchbut  thine  ea-. 
Then  boldly  tell  what  weather's  drawing  near. 
For  ri  conclude,  no  ftorm  of  Fortune  can 
Pre  vail  ore  C^//rVbai  que,  an  honeft  Man. 


Svld  Bella  che  piace. 

'  'Y'  Is  but  a  folly  to  be  nice,  ' 

^  Since  liking  fets  on  Beauty  price. 
And  what  we  doe  afFe(S  alone, 
Becomes  to  Each  His  Paragon ; 
All  Colour,  Shape,  or  Form,  we  know 
Improve  to  beft  to  thofe  think  fo. 
For  where  Efteem  its  Anchor  wets. 
There  grows  true  Pearl,  no  Counterfeis. 
Were  She  as  Crooked  as  a  Pin, 
And  yet  could  Love,  it  were  no  fin 

To  love  again  -,  for  Writers  tell,  A'Jjgnes  amsn 

That  love  hath  ia  t  the  Loadftons  fpell :  ^^^  •^'^^^^ 

Were  She  proportioned  like  the  Sphere, 
No  Limb  or  Joint  Irres^ular  ^ 
Yet  to  my  fancy  if  flie  Jarr, 
I  fliall  not  fail  by  dich  a  Starr: 
Did  She  out- vie  the  new-born  Day, 
Or  th'richefl  TreaOaries  of  May 
So  that  what  Skies  or  Flowers  put  on, 
Give  place  to  her  Complexion, 
ri  fooner  deem  a  black  Wench  white, 
Thats  fuiting  to  mv  Appetite. 

Well,  in  conclufion,  hath  She  Fair, 
Or  Brown,  or  Black,  or  Golden  hair 
Where  one  is  Cttpdi^xuQV^Vensif  is  there. 

Y  3  To 


To  Retiredneji. 

"^Ext  unto  God,  to  whom  I  owe 
-*'^  What  e're  I  here  enjoy  below, 
I  miifl:  indebted  ftand  to  Thee, 
Great  Patron  of  my  Libertie  -, 
For  in  the  CUifter  of  affaires, 
Whence  there  are  dealing  feverall  fliares : 
As  in  a  Trick  Thou  haft  conveigh'd 
Into  my  hand  what  can  be  faid ; 
Whilft  He  who  doth  himfelf  poflcfs, 
Makes  all  things  pafs  him  feem  tarr  Icfs, 

Riches  and  Honors  that  appear 
Rewards  to  the  Adventurer, 
On  Either  tide  of  Court  or  Seas, 
Are  nor  attain  d  nor  held  with  cafe  5 
But  as  unconftancy  bears  fway,' 
Quickly  will' fleet  and  Ebb  away: 
And  oft  when  Fortune  thofe  Confers^ 
She  gircs  them  but  for  Torturers  .• 
When  with  a  Minde  Ambition-free, 
Thefe,  and  much  more  come  home  to  Mc» 

Here  I  can  fit;  and  fitting  under 
Some  portions  of  His  works  of  wonder, 
Whofe  all  are  fuch,  obferve  by  reafon. 
Why  every  Plant  obeys  its  feafon  • 
How  tlic  Sap  nfes,  and  the  Fall, 
Wherein  They  fliake  off  Leafs  and  all  5 
Then  how  again  They  bud  and  fpring, 
Arc  laden  for  an  Oferino; 


& 


Wliich  whilft  my  Contemplation  kcs^ 

I  am  taught  Thankfulncfs  from  trees.  Then 


073; 

Then  turning  over  Natures  leaf, 
I  mark  the  Glory  of  the  Sheaf  ^ 
For  every  Field's  a  feverall  page, 
Difciphering  the  Golden  Age  : 
So  that  without  a  Miners  pains  , 
Or  Indie's  reach,  here  plenty  raigns-. 
Which  watred  from  above,  implies  , 
That  our  acknowledgments  fliouid  rife 
To  Him,  that  thus  creates  a  birth 
Of  Mercies  for  us  out  of  Earth  : 

Here,  is  no  other  Cafe  in  Law, 
But  what  the  Sun-burnt  Hat  of  Straw, 
With  crooked  Sickle  reaps  and  bindes- 
Up  into  Sheaves  to  help  the  hindes- 
Whofe  arguing  alon  s  in  this. 
Which  Cop  lies  well,  and  which  amifs , 
Howthe.Hock-Cart  with  all  its  gear 
Should  be  trick'd  up,  and  what  good  chcar. 
Bacon  with  Cook's  reports  cxprefs, 
And  how  to  make  the  Tenth  goe  lefs. 

There,  are  no  other  Warrs,  or  Strife *$- 
Encouragers,  Ihrill  Trumpets,  Fyfes, 
Or  horrid  Drumms  •,  but  what  Excels 
AH  Mufick,  Nature's  Minftrels 
Piping  and  Chirping,  as  they  fit 
Embowr'd  in  branches,  dance  to  it : 
And  if  at  all  Thofe  doe  conteft. 
It  is  in  this,  but,  which  fingsbeft: 
And  when  they  have  contended  long, 
I  Qhough  unfecn]  muft  judg  the  Songc 


Thus 


(»74) 

Thr.s  out  of  fears,  or  noife  of  Warr, 
Crowds,  and  the  clamourings  at  Barr^ 
The  Merchant's  dread,  th'unconftanttidcSj 
With  all  Vexation  befides  •, 
I  hi!2g  my  Quiet,  and  alone 
Take'^thcc  for  my  Companion, 
Ar.d  deem  in  doing  fo,  I've  all 
I  can  True  Converfation  call  .- 
Tor  fo  my  Thoughts  by  this  retreat 
Grow  ftronger,  like  contraded  heat* 

Whether  on  Natures  Book  I  mufe. 

Or  clfe  fome  other  writes  on't,  ufe 

To  fpend  the  time  in,  every  line. 

Is  not  excentrickbut  Divine  .• 

And  though  all  others  downward  tend, 

Thefe  look  to  heaven,  and  afcend 

From  whence  they  came  •,  where  pointed  hie. 

They  raviili  into  Myflerie, 

To  fee  the  lootfteps  here  are  trod 

Of  mercy  by  a  Gracious  God. 

To  my  Booh^ 

r^  Oe,  and  my  Blefling  with  Thee  •,  then  remain 
^-^  Secure,  with  fuch  as  kindly  entertain : 
If  fent  to  any  Others,  tell  them  this. 
The  Autlior  fo  takes  but  his  Mark  amifs  : 
Who's  fearlefs  of  reproach  from  Criticks  skill, 
Seing,  t'look  a  given  horfe  ith'  mouth  founds  ill  : 
And  what  alone  to  Friends  he  would  impart, 
Hath  not  at  all  to  doe  with  Fair  or  Mart. 

Wherefore  whoever  fliall  pcrufc  thefe  Rimes, 
Muft  know,  they  were  beguilers  of  fpare  times. 


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